[Douglbirds] Barn Swallow

[jilllovesbirds at comcast.net]

Today we had a Barn Swallow really checking out the area by our front door.  Looked like he was looking for a place to nest.  We made ourselves visible and he went on his way.  I don't think he would like having us coming and going so close to his nest, so hopefully he found a more suitable place.  When we lived in Palmdale, California we had a pair of Cliff Swallows build a nest on the side of our house under the eaves.  There was only one pair and not a whole colony like you see on the bridges out here.  I don't know whether it is common for them to nest singly like that.  I wasn't a birder at the time, but remember the distinctive enclosed dirt nest that they made on our house that they would peek out of the top of.  I found them just fascinating and was thrilled that they had decided to nest on our house, although it was nice that there was only one pair since it does make a mess on the house. They were extremely shy and didn't like it at all when we came out into the yard thou
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Jill Holden
Roxborough Village
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