Northern Rough-winged Swallow resting on busy sea wall

in #birds7 years ago

This cute little swallow was catching bugs over the beach/ocean when it decided to take a break on the busy sea wall. I haven't had much luck capturing this type of swallow, so this is the best I've got so far :)

Even though there were a lot of pedestrians and cyclist using the sea wall, this little guy was not intimidated :) I went down the granite stairs to the beach, hoping to catch a swallow while resting in one of the drainage pipes below the sea wall, but I was only able to capture a short video of this swallow resting on the sea wall.



This video was capture on the north side of Stanley Park in Vancouver BC, Canada.

Thanks for watching!

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Omg! How did you catch this bird? I mean there are unstoppable!

They are very high-energy indeed @ratel :) Most of the time they take a rest in the opening of the drainage pipes that flow underneath the sea wall; it's a very safe place for them to take a break. Of course when you want to catch them where they normally are, they're not there ;)

Otherwise they'll perch up in the trees that line the sea wall, but it's a bit too high for a good shot :)

Thanks for the comment and the support :)