
They're small swallows, about the size of a sparrow.
First order of business is scouting out the area for a nice place to build a nest.

Our nest boxes are in pairs about fifteen feet apart. Bluebirds won't nest that close to bluebirds. Swallows won't nest that close to swallows. Bluebirds and swallows don't mind nesting that close to each other. There's a nest box for each of them.

This swallow claimed the box by moving in feathers before she started building the nest.

For every feather I pushed aside, two others popped up to get in the camera's way.

Mom and Dad are dive bombing my head and clicking at me while I'm taking this picture.
The babies are dark and not easily seen or photographed.
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