Sterling
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We have gone many years without having a single Swallow in our barn and this year we are lucky enough to have a family of Swallows grace us with their presence. They are such neat little birds to watch fly in and about and acrobatic to boot! I was very sad however this afternoon to see that a baby bird had fallen out of it's nest. They are still very young...altho he has feathers, they seem to be in the pin feather stage and I noticed when momma and pappa come in for feedings, they are very quiet and don't peep at all. Hubby got his ladder and I scooped up a bunch of hay in my hands to pick him up in it instead of using my bare hands in case momma would decide to abandon him. Hubby also used the hay thing to put him back in the nest. However later on this evening when hubby went out to the barn again, the baby was again on the barn floor. It's a looong fall from the nest to the wooden floor...and hubby put him back in the nest. When I went out later on, I did'nt see him out again, but my question is this....... Do Swallows usually throw their kids out of the nest? Is this little one constantly just falling out, just because or.......? I don't know how many more times he's going to survive falling out of that nest. Hubby also mentioned that he did'nt see any other babies up in the nest...but that could have been that they were just hunkered down. Come to think of it...I only saw one egg shell underneath the nest a while ago when they/it first hatched out.
I am just curious. I'd hate to go out there tomorrow morning and find him on the barn floor dead...poor sweet little tyke. Or should he fall out tonight, the roaming cats may take to him....
I am just curious. I'd hate to go out there tomorrow morning and find him on the barn floor dead...poor sweet little tyke. Or should he fall out tonight, the roaming cats may take to him....