Comments on: Our barn swallows http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/ the methods and madness of one family of 12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: melanie http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/#comment-23048 melanie Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:24:36 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=4825#comment-23048 I guess I have been reading your blog a year now because I had recently discovered it when you posted about the snake getting to the nest above the door. I distinctly remember that post... the photo of the snake is seared into my mind ...lol. Anyhoo... I enjoyed hearing about this year's brood. .. or the 2nd attempt anyway. We are quite bird-geeky around here... and we love Snoopy too :) I guess I have been reading your blog a year now because I had recently discovered it when you posted about the snake getting to the nest above the door. I distinctly remember that post… the photo of the snake is seared into my mind …lol.
Anyhoo… I enjoyed hearing about this year’s brood. .. or the 2nd attempt anyway. We are quite bird-geeky around here… and we love Snoopy too :)

]]> By: Quinn http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/#comment-23022 Quinn Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:05:38 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=4825#comment-23022 Barn swallows tried to build a nest on my parents porch in MN. We'd knock it down and they'd build a new one and every time they would bring more barn swallows back with them to help. It was getting really creepy with an army of birds sitting on the telephone lines just waiting for us to go inside so they could swoop in and construct. We finally left them alone and all but the parents went away. Their apparent sense of community was very interesting for the human observer :) I love barn swallows anyway ( I love any bird that is good at eating bugs and in MN, they were one very necessary bird!) Barn swallows tried to build a nest on my parents porch in MN. We’d knock it down and they’d build a new one and every time they would bring more barn swallows back with them to help. It was getting really creepy with an army of birds sitting on the telephone lines just waiting for us to go inside so they could swoop in and construct. We finally left them alone and all but the parents went away. Their apparent sense of community was very interesting for the human observer :)

I love barn swallows anyway ( I love any bird that is good at eating bugs and in MN, they were one very necessary bird!)

]]> By: Marci http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/#comment-23020 Marci Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:56:40 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=4825#comment-23020 I love the little baby barn swallows. I have a picture of them looking down at me over the edge of their nest. :) I love the little baby barn swallows. I have a picture of them looking down at me over the edge of their nest. :)

]]> By: maryjo http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/#comment-23019 maryjo Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:01:54 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=4825#comment-23019 we had a nest in my clothes pin bag, it had 6 babies and I was amazed at how quickly they grew and left the nest. It couldn't have been more than 2 weeks. we had a nest in my clothes pin bag, it had 6 babies and I was amazed at how quickly they grew and left the nest. It couldn’t have been more than 2 weeks.

]]> By: Mrs. C http://inashoe.com/2009/06/barn-swallows/#comment-23017 Mrs. C Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:34:18 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=4825#comment-23017 When I first saw this in my reader, I thought, their barn swallows... what? LOL I'm glad you got a batch of these little birdies out and healthy. :] When I first saw this in my reader, I thought, their barn swallows… what? LOL

I’m glad you got a batch of these little birdies out and healthy. :]

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