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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 329517" data-attributes="member: 12257">Day 189 - Shots of OpportunityNot GREAT shots by any means of the imagination.&nbsp; I took my lunch hour and went to my local park to see if I could catch the Green Heron running around again, but guessing it was too hot for him today.&nbsp; After an uneventful (but sweaty) stroll, I headed back to the car to see these two barn swallows just laying there on the side of the concrete drainage ditch, several feet from each other.&nbsp; They hadn't been there when I got out of the car, so I dialed in from WAY away to get these shots, and from zooming in on the camera, assumed they were dead.&nbsp; I started to walk closer to see if I could figure out what happened, and POOF, they hopped up and started flying in their normal constant circles like nothing had ever happened!?[ATTACH=full]99918[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]99919[/ATTACH]Has anyone ever seen Barn Swallows do this before?&nbsp; You rarely ever see them stop, period, but this!?&nbsp; It was VERY hot and muggy today...&nbsp; 96 with a heat index of 103, but wouldn't think they would stop to cool off on the pavement?That's it for today.&nbsp; I was so confused, I didn't even try to shoot anything else, and now that I'm home, I'm just tired.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 329517, member: 12257"] Day 189 - Shots of Opportunity Not GREAT shots by any means of the imagination. I took my lunch hour and went to my local park to see if I could catch the Green Heron running around again, but guessing it was too hot for him today. After an uneventful (but sweaty) stroll, I headed back to the car to see these two barn swallows just laying there on the side of the concrete drainage ditch, several feet from each other. They hadn't been there when I got out of the car, so I dialed in from WAY away to get these shots, and from zooming in on the camera, assumed they were dead. I started to walk closer to see if I could figure out what happened, and POOF, they hopped up and started flying in their normal constant circles like nothing had ever happened!? [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]99918._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]99919._xfImport[/ATTACH] Has anyone ever seen Barn Swallows do this before? You rarely ever see them stop, period, but this!? It was VERY hot and muggy today... 96 with a heat index of 103, but wouldn't think they would stop to cool off on the pavement? That's it for today. I was so confused, I didn't even try to shoot anything else, and now that I'm home, I'm just tired. [/QUOTE]

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