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#1933551 - 07/02/0901:23 AM
Shove a bug in it!
JayinMN
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Registered: 03/12/07
Posts: 1632
Loc: Hibbing, MN
I lost a whole brood of tree swallows during this cold snap we had. There were 6 babies in all. Their parents nested late so they did not have much feathering yet to keep them warm. The good news though, between my other two nest boxes I have 11 baby trees swallows getting ready to fledge and in my bluebird box there are still 5 nestlings making a ruckus. Here is a sequence I caught before work today.
The bluebirds that nest in my yard and pretty shy, but I bet that dragon fly made a good meal!
#1933861 - 07/02/0911:03 AM
Re: Shove a bug in it!
[Re: JayinMN]
Birdsong
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Registered: 11/06/08
Posts: 1188
Loc: Southwest Minnesota
Those little nestlings are s-o-o-o-o-o CUTE! I love how they compete for attention or space. I love the first, but the second and third have to be framed as a pair. They are very funny.