It is very hard to photograph them in flight. In this case this guy was seated in the same place for around 15 minutes so i had taken a reasonable number of shots of him.
Wikipedia has some interesting facts about swallow.
* The Barn Swallow has been the national bird of Estonia since 23 June 1960; to Estonians, the Barn Swallow represents free blue sky and eternal happiness. According to Estonian legend, anyone who kills a Barn Swallow will become blind.
* In the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, an open and hotly debated question is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow, for both African and European swallows, and whether they can carry coconuts or not.
* Swallows are often seen in traditional naval tattoos as a symbol of good luck or homecoming, as the birds do not travel far from land, the sight of a swallow at sea meant landfall was imminent.
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