S is for surfeit of swallows and South Australia
I have to share my good/bad/horrible swallow pics as these little creatures are hard to capture! These tree martins were in Swansea and were settled in for the evening. Scott took this pic. I have my contacts set for reading distance/computer work and Scott has his set for further out. He does a much better job at finding birds and focusing correctly on the more distant ones. I have prescription sunglasses set for further distances. They work much better for finding birds but not at dusk! I was essentially out of commission once the sun set. Lesson learned. I let him do the spotting. These were from our houseboat trip. We had two ducks and two swallows follow us around. The swallows attempted to nest on the boat. I actually got one in focus while flying (thank heavens for digital cameras that don't mind hundreds of attempts)! Then they started hitchhiking on the rowboat. Cute little welcome swallows. This guy was not a welcome swallow but a white breasted wood swallow...