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This is an epic picture of me and my friend and the nicest barn swallow of all time. Crazy story. So once we were out in the sunken uss oriskany reef 30 miles offshore the on gulf coast from Pensacola Florida. This barn swallow flew onto our boat 30 miles offshore and then proceeded to stay with us for the duration of our trip for like 5 more hours. He let us pet him and hold him. My guess is that he was migrating over open water and was tired. When we left and returned to Pensacola I held him in my hat for about an hour of a 35mph boat ride. When we returned to bayou texar, Pensacola, he checked out his surroundings, stayed with us for a bit, started chirping, then eventually flew off into the beatiful oaks of east hill.

At entrance to my kids new house. Note the old wasp nest encased in the String Prairie red clay.
5th photo taken 04-19-2023 at 6:42 CDT. Swallows flying in area but none visited nest while I was there.