Category: My Yard

Glad I captured this when I did…the lil birds fledged a few days later.

Every year the barn swallows nest in this lil barn birdhouse (perfect home right?) There are often three chicks. One usually blocks out the hole for feeding most of the day. A second will finally get his head out enough to get fed to live and the third often parishes. They wait with their mouths closed. When I see their mouths open I know their parent has just passed overhead and will come in for a landing.

Note the bug in the air between the Dad and the chick…