In the Glittering sunlight
High in the air
On a crisp, bright, warm September morning
The little Barn Swallows gathered in dense clusters in the sky, then
they filled the electric lines above the canal.
All early morning they came, swooping in, resting until they rose all as one, shimmering and glittering, into the autumn sky; dipping and rising in a choreographed dance taking them away from us.
Leaving the air around our yard empty of sound.
From my world to your heart.
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Such a beautiful upliftment here— ha ha with the lovely birds and your lovely poetry here….just smelling that wonderful air with you…enjoy every nano second of it..pat for Boomer and kitties…Love merri
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Fall does have a special smell about it…so does Spring. I shall! Love you, Merri!
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All the martins and barn swallows are gone. I miss their racket :-(.
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Me too! The air is silent…except for the occasional crow.
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I love those birds. Thank you for this. It was a wee oasis in my urban plodding.
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Your urban plodding is what so many would LOVE to plod through! Me included!! š
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So much to see on a beautiful day. Enjoy
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Fall is such as short time…I feel the need to capture every moment!
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That many birds gathered together makes me remember Hitchcock’s movie but you make them quite benign
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That WAS a scary movie! These are really kind little birds!
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The cranes, chamisa, hummers and swallows. All soon to be gone till next year.
That crane photo is great – at first glance, an angel.
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The little hummers are moving through…two or three each evening. This one looked just plain wore out as it came to the feeder.
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They will be back come spring.. š
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YES! I love them…they build nests all over the house. We get to watch the little one hatch. There is usually three hatches.
While they are here we have NOT one Mosquito ever!
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I know, not only are they beautiful, they are also amazing eaters…
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So very true!
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Our skies are currently filled with skeins of magpie geese, honking their way to their Wet season breeding grounds here in the north. Not that it’s very wet yet, we’ve had no rain at all for months, but it’s that time of year, and the north is where they come!
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I hope you get rain soon! Rain when needed is a very good thing!
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Lots of cloud, none of it dropping its load… š¦
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Maybe today!
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Maybe… but I don’t think so. The poor farmers, they are irrigating the new growth, and those big pumps are costing them over $700 a week to run…
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Water is expensive…our water costs up more than the taxes on our place. š¦
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I bet – but for our guys, water is cheaper, it’s the power to run the pumps that’s a killer. Electricity costs in Australia are among the highest in the world.
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Oh so those lovely little birds have left you again Linda … What is the bird in the first pic? š
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I’m not sure…it was so pretty flying up from the ground I thought I would try and snap it quickly…and I got it!!! I sure was surprised!
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