Barn swallow nest

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~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

I have barn swallows nesting in my barn again, they built on top of an old 10 year old nest.
These guys will be out of the nest soon, it doesn't take them long.
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~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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Laverne
Posts: 2216
Joined: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:58 pm
Location: TX/Alvin
Martin Colony History: Erected 1st house in 1997. Birds were checking it out before Mike got down from the ladder. Six cavities had a little colony 1st year. Grown to 88 cavities all gourds with near 100% occupancy. Most important factor for success is rain = bugs.

Awww, they are so-o beautiful. Great photo!!
Sincerely,
Laverne
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Leandortree
Posts: 130
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:10 pm
Location: Saskatchewan/Grenfell

Love the picture , thanks for posting it !

I'am a huge fan of the barn swallow ,they are captivating beautiful birds that eat mosquitoes ( I think not sure )

I put a few wooden ledges (shelves )on the outside of my PVC sided garage hoping to attract barn swallows ,but so far I have not .
I think my tree swallows are keeping the barnies away ?
Next season I will move the tree swallow box to the garden .

Sorry to see the damage the extreme weather the other night has had on your colony
Saskatchewan "The land of living skies"
Leandortree colony
2012-46 pair 200+ Fledged
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jspurgin
Posts: 79
Joined: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:07 pm
Location: Missouri/Eminence

Here in South Central Missouri we seem to have had an explosion of Barn Swallows this year. We always have a couple of nests in the barn, but this year we have six. I love watching them fly around over the barn and pond. It does make it kind of interesting to get hay out of the barn for the horses when the barn swallows are dive bombing me.
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Carlton
Posts: 1959
Joined: Tue May 17, 2005 6:42 pm
Location: Florida/Deerfield Beach
Martin Colony History: I moved to South Florida, from Delaware, in August of 2015.

I care for a 6 condo Sunset House as well as two Deluxe Gourd Racks, with 24 Chirpynest/Excluder gourds, along a canal in Pompano Beach, Florida.


At Quiet Waters Park, nearby in Deerfield Beach, I care for a Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 TVG's. I also care for a Deluxe Gourd rack with 12 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder entrances. I am substituting 6 Chirpynest boxes for 6 of the Conley II entranced gourds in 2026.

At another local park, Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, I care for a Trendsetter 12, 5 gourds rack with 60 Excluder gourds with Modified Excluder Entrances and 1 Deluxe Gourd Rack with 12 Troyer Vertical Gourds with Starling Stoppers over the Conley II's to keep out smaller starlings.

Great photo!

I notice here along the bay the barn swallows have taken to building nests under the wooden boat docks.

When I lived over in MD I used to notice them building under overpasses when the overpass crossed an open park area.
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