My first Swallows of the season
p.1 #1My first Swallows of the season
Normally it takes me a few weeks till I can get photos of swallows in flight yet yesterday I succeeded the first time I saw them this season. I was at Oakland Lake here in New York City on a cold morning and the birds were hungry, possibly because they just finished a long journey and/or because of the just below freezing temperature. I watched and observed there flight patterns for a few minutes and then I went to work now able to somewhat predict when they would turn. I saw Barn Swallows, Tree Swallows, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows. None of the Barn Swallows came close enough for a photo.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
2) Tree Swallow
3) Tree Swallow
4) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
5) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
6) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
7) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1500s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV
2) Tree Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/3000s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV
3) Tree Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/4400s 1600 ISO 0.0 EV
4) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/2500s 1600 ISO +0.3 EV
5) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1500s 1600 ISO +0.3 EV
6) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1500s 1600 ISO +0.3 EV
7) Northern Rough-winged Swallow
X-H2S XF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens 500mm f/5.6 1/1500s 1600 ISO +0.3 EV
Apr 09, 2026 at 01:54 PM
p.1 #2My first Swallows of the season
Morris,
Great set, you got them and still early in the season, you'll be a master capturing those swallows before to long
Chris s
Great set, you got them and still early in the season, you'll be a master capturing those swallows before to long
Chris s
Apr 09, 2026 at 10:43 PM
p.1 #3My first Swallows of the season
csinseattle wrote:
Morris,
Great set, you got them and still early in the season, you'll be a master capturing those swallows before to long
Chris s
Thank you Chris,
I have a great place to photograph them where I can get much closer. These were all cropped
Morris
Morris,
Great set, you got them and still early in the season, you'll be a master capturing those swallows before to long
Chris s
Thank you Chris,
I have a great place to photograph them where I can get much closer. These were all cropped
Morris
Apr 10, 2026 at 07:09 AM
p.1 #4My first Swallows of the season
Super Morris, just a great set. I wish I had your patience 
Apr 10, 2026 at 07:21 AM
p.1 #5My first Swallows of the season
Nice set Morris, especially #2 - a great catch of the hunt! We started seeing the swallows last week. Great news here on the cold and rainy northwest coast.
Greg
Greg
Apr 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM
p.1 #6My first Swallows of the season
Another excellent set of images, Morris -- congrats on these!
N0. 2 is just an excellent action shot, and No.6 also appeals to me.
Greg
N0. 2 is just an excellent action shot, and No.6 also appeals to me.
Greg
Apr 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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p.1 #7My first Swallows of the season
Beautiful captures Morris, thanks for sharing
Apr 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
p.1 #8My first Swallows of the season
ctgoldwing wrote:
Super Morris, just a great set. I wish I had your patience
Thank you,
It's more determination than patience
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gmccroskery wrote:
Another excellent set of images, Morris -- congrats on these!
N0. 2 is just an excellent action shot, and No.6 also appeals to me.
Greg
Thank you Greg. Two was very far away and it's cropped yet I could not go tight in the crop as I'd louse too much detail. 6 is also cropped yet much less.
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LostLensCap wrote:
Beautiful captures Morris, thanks for sharing
Thank you Tom,
Morris
Super Morris, just a great set. I wish I had your patience
Thank you,
It's more determination than patience
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gmccroskery wrote:
Another excellent set of images, Morris -- congrats on these!
N0. 2 is just an excellent action shot, and No.6 also appeals to me.
Greg
Thank you Greg. Two was very far away and it's cropped yet I could not go tight in the crop as I'd louse too much detail. 6 is also cropped yet much less.
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LostLensCap wrote:
Beautiful captures Morris, thanks for sharing
Thank you Tom,
Morris
Apr 11, 2026 at 06:16 AM
p.1 #10My first Swallows of the season
chuck4242 wrote:
#2 is perfect!
Thank you Chuck
Morris
#2 is perfect!
Thank you Chuck
Morris
Apr 12, 2026 at 07:21 PM
p.1 #11My first Swallows of the season
superb series - wow, these guys are fast, you captured some great action.
Apr 14, 2026 at 08:04 PM
p.1 #12My first Swallows of the season
thedutt wrote:
superb series - wow, these guys are fast, you captured some great action.
Thank you Aditya. Today's shoot with tree swallows is still being culled yet I have some incredible sequence. It will be at least the weekend till I'm ready to share the first.
Morris
superb series - wow, these guys are fast, you captured some great action.
Thank you Aditya. Today's shoot with tree swallows is still being culled yet I have some incredible sequence. It will be at least the weekend till I'm ready to share the first.
Morris
Apr 15, 2026 at 07:06 PM