Patience Required
-Male and Female Barn Swallow Wave File Loading
The hatch happened on June 26, 2003. The incubation time was only 15 days. The sounds you are hearing is the lecture we receive when we sit on the patio deck. Both Mom and Dad Swallow built the nest and each of them took turns sitting on the nest. They both took turns feeding the little ones.
Four mouths to feed in this picture taken July 4, 2003.
Below 2 pictures taken July 11, 2003 @ 9:00 PM
All four babies
took flight lessons from Mom and Dad and
left the nest at
11:35 AM on July 14, 2003. Above photo taken several hours before
they left.
It really looks empty now 07/14/2003!
We are saving the nest and hope for their return next spring.
Above picture taken on a moments notice.