Welcome Swallow and The Misty River Hills...

Early this morning we had some much needed rain (well drizzle) so I went outside with the camera to get some shots of the 'Misty River Hills'.. As I put the camera up to get the shot .. I could see a large bird coming towards me... click.. then I saw that it wasn't that large after all .. It was a Welcome Swallow .. and the a Hawke that I thought it was ...

Unfortunatly the rain did not come to anything.. things are very hot and dry ...

[Diana]

A fabulous shot of this lovely scenery and great timing. Unfortunately we have the same situation.

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful image and I love that bird.

[Lou Ann]

Well the bird looks big to me! This is a lovely scene, I think the bird makes it!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful landscape image

[sarah]

What a beautiful scene

[Leslie]

wonderful landscape with the bird the icing on the cake

[haskar]

Beautiful landscape and bird.

[Pat Knowles]

Not the swallows we know & love....a welcome swallow must be a different type of swallow. I can see your cows there too....lovely scene!

[julia]

@happypat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_swallow Here are our swallows.. I thought they were the same .. he was pretty close to the camera .. No those are not our cows there is a huge gully in between ..

[Pat Knowles]

@julzmaioro Ours aren’t as colourful but have the forked tail & dart & swoop about the same as yours, they usually arrive around end of April beginning of May & stay until September October time. Very distinctive birds! This one looks loads bigger than ours!

[Marnie]

Lovely landscape, hope you get some real rain soon.

[Lois]

Lovely colors