The story behind the shot
Another one from DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Tree swallows spend most of their time in the air, so a clean look at one sitting still on a post is worth stopping for — the flat gray sky behind it kept nothing competing with that iridescent blue
A tree swallow perches on a weathered wooden post at DeKorte Park, its iridescent blue-green back and crisp white underside standing out against a soft gray sky.