I spent the day on a wildflower hike in the Columbia Gorge
with the Chemeketans. It brought back
many wonderful memories; I got in a good hike, took some wildflower photos, and
all in all had a great day. But on my
way home, just before crossing the Marion Street Bridge, I got the biggest surprise
of the day when Jeanette noticed a huge number of birds circling over the First
Baptist Church. We recognized right away that they were Swifts preparing to
enter the chimney for the night.
Jeanette stopped at the curb, I grabbed my camera and jumped out of the
car and started taking photos. It was
hard to catch the exact micro-second they entered the chimney, and of the 30
photos I snapped off this was the best one.
My best guess is that there were 100 of these Vaux’s Swifts that went
down the chimney in just a couple of minute’s time and then it was over. The camera took the photos at 4:26 PM
Great timing! An appropriate way to finiish the day.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shot!!! Every time I've tried for swifts it has been much darker. All I get is silhouettes.
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