21 May 08
Barn Swallow
A pair of barn swallows is nesting in the car port. Now that they’ve finished building their nest and have stopped flinging mud all over the place, it’s a bit more peaceful. It’s a good spot: It gives them protection from the sun and the fierce wind, which has resumed after a five-day respite. They will eat mosquitoes voraciously all summer, which is fantastic.
I’m not sure whether they take turns incubating, but one of them sits on the nest while the other one sits on an outsize nail nearby…
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I love anything that eats mosquitoes. Do they make a mess in your car port? Our Eastern phoebes make a HUGE mess on our back steps and back door handle as they nest (year after year after year) in the ledge over the back porch door.