Every year for many years we have had swallows nesting under our dock. Some
are Barn Swallows, may also have Rough-Winged. Hard to tell as they move so
fast. They seem tomanage very well with the water. We are 1/2 mile or so
north of Ellen.
Blue Heron Point, Town of Romulus
Sally Eller
On Jun 14, 2015 9:11 AM, Ellen Haith elliehait...@gmail.com wrote:
A pair of Northern Rough-Winged Swallows is building a nest - rather, the
presumed female is building a nest - under the LOWER section of our dock.
With the past week's water influx the level of the lake is, perhaps, 15
inches below the underside of the 'roof' of her nest site, and the
continual movement of the water must make things rather dicey when entering
and exiting the premises with nesting material. In fact, she has taken in
some fairly sizable bits and has flown about the area several times before
entering with them, as if to pluck up her courage.
What will befall the offspring is something I'm leery of contemplating. Or
is this standard nesting location for these swallows? Experienced NRWS
viewers please feel free to wade in with encouraging stories.
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