Mike Powell

Posted in Birds, Nature, Photography, Portraits, wildlife | Tagged Canon Rebel XT, Huntley Meadows Park, nesting box, Sigma 135-400mm telephoto zoom lens, swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow | 9 Comments

9 Responses

1. on May 19, 2013 at 12:46 am | Reply Charlie@Seattle Trekker

   Thank you for sharing such a wonderful moment…your photo is amazing.

   
   
   • on May 19, 2013 at 4:37 am | Reply Mike Powell

     Thanks, Charlie.

     
     
2. on May 19, 2013 at 9:11 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

   That’s a great shot. I like the dovetailing on the box. Someone with talent spent a lot of time making it.

   
   
   • on May 19, 2013 at 1:27 pm | Reply Mike Powell

     Thanks. I suspect that you might notice that detail. I did, in fact, set up my tripod to try to capture that detail of the nesting box.

     
     
3. on May 19, 2013 at 8:40 pm | Reply krikitarts

   Another good shot, Mike. I can’t quite decide, though, if the dove-tail joints in the nesting box are species-appropriate…

   
   
   • on May 19, 2013 at 9:12 pm | Reply Mike Powell

     What would swallowtail joints look like?

     
     
     • on May 20, 2013 at 9:37 pm krikitarts

       Some mysteries are better left unsolved…

       
       
4. on May 20, 2013 at 8:40 am | Reply Sue

   Forked. (in answer to your question to kritikarts).
   That looks like a nice new clean box and probably still has the required entrance hole size that hasn’t been modified by some other animal. Nice portrait.

   
   
   • on May 20, 2013 at 6:59 pm | Reply Mike Powell

     Thanks. I am not sure if the box is new, but it sure is in good condition. There is frequently one tree swallow perched on the top of the pole to which the box is attached and he was there at the time the second one was checking out the entrance.

     
     

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