There are some bridges around here where barn swallows take up residence during nesting season. It's spectacular to consider the ingenuity of their dirt-and-spit nests engineered in the most unlikley of places. For one thing, I should think it would be a particularly rough place for younguns to fledge. I saw these Saturday and they were busy about the work of getting their little condos cobbled onto the underside of this overpass.
Neat stuff!
I love to watch the swallows working a field, especially as it's being mowed.
ReplyDeleteI find it difficult to believe they cannot enjoy their ability to fly.
I think they trade the quiet of other locations for the constant temperature and substantial construction of the concrete.
ReplyDeleteFascinating to watch them work and live.