Barn Swallows in flight at Mount Moreland

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Barn Swallows in Tin Shed

By Peter John

The Barn Swallows all two and a half pairs are now on eggs due to hatch second brood. ---still two males three females

as i quoted in the past, each year is so different with behaviour with the Barn swallows in the barn. This years first brood from the wall nest are still at night clambered around the small nest, even one tucked up with the mother at night in the nest. The babies should have left long ago. The other babies from the two shelf nests have departed. My little friend another barn swallow from somewhere still spends the night in my other outhouse amongst the computers etc. He or she comes in around 9.30pm so I have to leave the door ajar sometimes letting the rain poor in. It can exit in the mornings through a small rear window, but it hasn't entered by this route

Another swallows nest across the road from me in a little tin Barn Swallows in tin shed

shed that over the years just been so sad with pair of swallows nesting in such terrible conditions.

Sun directly over tin roof and wild cats from owner that been abandoned, now roaming everywhere. Well I checked the nest about a month ago and two to three eggs inside, warm. Felt inside nest on another occasion, now with one egg left stone cold. Few days ago found one very small Barn Swallows in tin shed dead egg

baby inside, and thought it was dead, but its little claws gripped my fingers tightly when moving it gently within the nest. One very soft shell egg also in the nest. Will have another look this weekend to see the progress.

Angie this is that last resort tin shed some swallows have to make do with through lack of suitable nesting sights. They rarely succeed at this location due to mainly cats waiting for babies to Barn Swallows in tin shed

leave nest with no perches for them to settle on when learning to fly for the first time, and returning to site Picture shows scene approaching tin shed and another shows my hand with only cold egg left in nest. Some indication of little nest close to tin roof where it cooks in hot weather. Very strange a live baby is now in the nest. In the past I have felt cold eggs at my place, and thought parents had given up with them for one reason or another, but have pulled through this period with mother deciding to start incubation. Anyway some insight on various places our little friends seek out. Sad they under go all that epic journey to end up in that shed.

5-07-2011 had a peep how little swallow was coping with the heat wave last weekend in the tin shed, and sadly no longer with us. Just about see nest grass hanging down where position of nest lies. Baked in the midday sun. Bird still very hot but motionless.

Barn Swallow nest RIP Baby Barn Swallow