Wire tailed swallows

[Roopak Gangadharan]

A pair of wire tailed swallows ( Hirundo smithii) .The long wire like streamers on the outer tail feathers gives the name and are obvious in the male while much shorter, sometimes almost absent in the female (as in this case). A difficult bird to catch on a natural perch. The undersides and inaccessible parts of bridges are favored nesting sites. Nest are constructed with mud and often the same site is reused.
500D, 55-250, 250mm, AE , F8, ISO 200, SS 1/400. Shot at Arrikulam my native village in North kerala near Calicut. C&C welcome
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[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

Great image........

[Shyamala Kumar]

Rare capture .Lovely eye contact and background colour.Nice details achieved in both the black and white parts of the bird.TFS

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice to see the pair. Nice eye contact. 'Looking away' is also a part of 'Love story'. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild