Swallows mostly finished, 4 active Bluebird nests

South Side



This is the Box 12 set June 17. On June 24 they were bigger but feathers seem to be slow in coming.

Box 1 finally hatched three eggs, They were nappping at 8:30 but by 9AM one was hungry. This is about a month after this pair lost their first four nestlings.

This is their home, first one out on the South prairie:

My trick is to go up to the swallow nest box and stand there. If they dive bomb me, I know they are still nesting, I went up to box 13 and nothing happened. I opened the box. Swallow nestlings are fully grown. I quickly closed it and got away. No photos.

North Side

The swallows that lost a nestful in Box 14 have built a nest in Box 13 and lined it with feathers. No eggs yet.