Tight Housing Market for Tree Swallows

Spring has finally arrived even in Colorado’s High Country when the stunningly beautiful Tree Swallows are performing their flight acrobatics again while darting across meadows along the edge of alpine forests, always searching for the perfect spot to nest. Sometimes they get really lucky and find an empty birdhouse where the competitors, Mountain Bluebirds, have not moved in yet. May the battle for the house begin, because even the members of their own flock will harass each other relentlessly to snatch the house away…

Nikon Z5 II with 28-400mm Nikkor lens

Minor adjustments in LIGHTROOM