European Barn Swallow

This bird was photographed on 14th October 2006. Most of the Swallows have left the country by this time. This adult was hanging around on telegraph wires for over an hour so I decided to get the camera out

Nikon D200, Nikon 600mm f4, 1.4x converter, 1/160sec, f6.3, Exp +0.7, ISO 100