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Barn Swallows up-close





At Fearrington Village (off 15-50, Chatham Cty.) the other night I stepped onto the porch of ÒDovecote Home and Garden ShopÓ to escape rain and there on porch canopy was a nest and 4 fledgling barn swallows on ledge 3 ft. above my head; very cute, wouldÕve made good photo or video essay if someone had followed them from initial nesting to this point. Then in entrance to the Ôbig barnÕ on premises another 4-5 fledglings with 1-2 adults were calmly hanging out on electrical cord again 3 ft. above me(empty nest on rafter farther down). No doubt many others around on site if I just chanced on these 2 groups without even looking, and apparently very accustomed to human traffic.

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**Rob Gluck.......... Chapel Hill, NC.......... thrush@hotmail.com ........

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from coast to coast without seeing anything."
-- Charles Kuralt
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