In Flight. At Rest And On The Beach / Purple Martins

These birds are nest building and are very busy gathering leaves and grass to line their nests. They also vist the beaches nearby to gather mud to keep it all together

very good, really like 2 and 3

Fantastic captures Gary.

Great shots of a bird that's awfully hard to capture because of its speed!

Nicely done Gary. These are not easy. I know. I've tried and failed more than I would like to admit.

Smart to use mud! An excellent set of images, Gary. And even more so because they're usually just flying bullets. I really enjoyed these.

Great shots. Shots like these are indeed not easy to get.

very nice series, Gary

Excellent captures Gary... that second shot is a real "art form"... I never see the Purple Martin around my woods, so these images are a real treat, love the feather look on these birds.

Dave

Beautiful. Much like swallows these guys are like little bolts of lightening.

Excellent shots of the martin Gary, love the last 1, great catch!

Well done Gary, for whatever reason we don't see many of those posted. Well done!

Great job Gary. Been a long time away from this venue.

Great captures! You were especially lucky to get the banded bird in the last shot.

Mike Valencic wrote in post #14607712
Great captures! You were especially lucky to get the banded bird in the last shot.

Thanks and yes lucky indeed. I was about 1/4 mile acrross a bay from the Purple Martin colony.. I ws photographing Great Egrets when i heard the martins coming to the shoreline and then dropping down to get mud

A big thanks to everyone for your nice comments..,,,love these biirds and I expect I will return to try for some more shots in better light. It should be interesting when the young ones are born...