Two photos of the little swallows from a nest in the brooding spot for this year’s chicks. They are incredibly agile fliers. Apparently their population is in general decline but they seem to be doing well here. A few old style buildings with historically good nest building spots likely make it an easy choice for them.
Photo #1- I’m preparing the brooding spot on July 7. The little one don’t look impressed.
A couple of days later, the four little ones are sitting together on the fence and then the hydro line above the brooding building.
Only one swallow nest and a robin nest in the brooding spot but certainly another half dozen or more swallow nests in different buildings on the farm.