Pity this author no longer for I have uncovered the secret of photographing swallows. Like a paparazzo, one must skulk and seek out the swallow in his private life. Devoted readers will recall a pair of Tree Swallows that were caught copulating years ago.
Similarly, I found a mating pair of Barn Swallows last week nesting above the covered parking spot of a cabin at the Kalaloch Lodge.
Out of respect for the privacy of the minors in the brood, I did not approach to take a picture of the nest itself. The family, positioned directly above our car for the night, generously thanked me for my snooping with a bounty of fecal souvenirs.
Barn Swallows are beautiful blue birds that are most easily identified in flight by the "streamers" formed by their deeply forked tails.
