As expected we heard him long before spotting him. Always loud, non stop actually, but there were two of them. Red-shoulders are ‘chatty’, two can be almost annoying.

Sitting over swamp water meant I had few options to change my point of view. Trees blocked getting a shot with both birds in the same frame.

I think Ellen, PassingByPhoto, did manage to capture both.

It’s nesting season so we should be seeing more pairs around the swamps.