kathdice's Blog
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Last Post 129 days, 11 hours Ago
Jul 27, 2008 | 8:22 AM PST
After 3 weeks of Mama & Papa leading the last crew of babies out of the nest on my front porch. Mama is back claiming the nest, yet again !
This set of swallows are pretty human friendly. The nest is about 1 & 1/2 feet from my front door inside the front porch. During the day, the parents fly in and out either re-enforcing the nest, or bringing babies food. At night, the mother bird will sit on the eggs or babies, and the male bird will sit on the edge, inside the porch, and sleep. The will stay there even when I am out there. I take it they are used to me by now.
The picture that I have on my profile now, is the last nest that we had, my hubby climbed on top of chair to get the shot & the parents did not even mind ! We pretty much leave them alone. I keep the porch light off at nights when they are there, and move the wild bird feeder to another spot to give them peace.
Isn't nature great ? About 2 months ago, a stray brought her kittens to my yard to live & I have adopted them as mine. I will eventually bring her and the kittens in when they are ready. I have brought my cats out one by one to meet them and the cat that I adopted, this is her sister. They are exactly alike & their litter is the SAME !!!
Lovin' life !
