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A Bunch of Birds

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BowEd:
The barn swallow is slightly larger than the tree or cliff swallows with buff colored belly.On farms they can get quite a few numbers of them too towards the end of the summer.Cutting and baling alfalfa in the summer they are out in many numbers diving all over the place.They make mud nests like BJ said.The other two species are hole or cavity dwellers.
Another bird that always entertained me out in the field with the tractor was the sparrow hawk.Some call them kestrals.They catch many many mice that are disturbed by the disk from the tractor.
All these birds fly like fighter planes.With the same type wings.Very agile and quick.The sparrow hawk has a habit of hovering over it's prey before lowering the boom on them.

Trapper Rob:
We have lots of barn swallows here I love watching them.

bjrogg:
I saw my first pair of barn swallows this morning. I took a picture of them. Not the greatest picture but maybe you can get a idea Zuma.
Bjrogg

BowEd:
I think barn swallows many times will raise more than one clutch of eggs in the summer.One of the reasons why so many are around towards the end of the summer.Pairs are very protective of their nesting area.Especially tormenting cats that get into their zone.

bjrogg:
Haha it's hilarious watching them torment cats. Of course they will do the same thing to people to sometimes. They dive right at them and just inches from them pull up and chirp at them. Most of the time you can hear their wings snap as they pull g's pulling out of dive and steeply climbing away.
(Kinda like cracking your knuckles). Then they turn around and do it all over again.
Bjrogg

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