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Re: Odd Swallow behavior?



I have seen Northern Rough-winged Swallows nesting underneath the back of a semi truck trailer. Not in the tailpipe, but on a ledge formed by part of the chassis. Basically the same behavior, just redefined by a different species!

Norm

At 04:05 PM 04/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:

Here's what seemed strange to us last year.  We watched a half
dozen of these birds fly around this area numerous times last spring.
We would watch as they flew into the tail pipes of the parked
school buses.  One or two began building nests inside them.
Is this unusual for a Martin to do?
We decided that the 7-8 buses
parked side by side, and their tail pipes all in a row were attractive
to the birds, and maybe they had no other spot to nest.
Which reminds me Kate, we had talked about erecting a Martin
house for those poor birds!!

Shelley

Shelley Theye
N. Chatham County, NC
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