Sunday, July 14, 2019

Barn swallows!




This is a short clip from a longer video; the long one shows the parents feeding large insects to the babies as well as the babies turning around to use the bathroom over the edge of the nest so it falls to the stall floor below. How smart is that?!

They’re starting to fledge now, but have had to be put back in the nest a few times because they’re falling out but not flying. Hopefully they finish up today so we can stop fretting over them. The nest is sheltered and safe from wind, rain, snakes, but obviously a stall floor in a horse barn is not the best landing pad for young birds. Soft but not safe.

2 comments:

Grey Horse Matters said...

That’s really cute. Hope they fly away soon. We have a bunch of nests in the indoor arena and the barn.

billie said...

I bet your arena is a popular spot!