At 04:57 PM 4/15/96 -0700, you wrote:

>My question is, when they return this year, if I tear down the nest as
>soon as they start to build, will this encourage them to build elsewhere?

Jim,

In a word, Yep. They may try building a couple of times, but if you keep
destroying the nest they'll move.

Peggi

PS Do you know swallows are wonderful foster parents? They'll accept and
raise babies the same age as their own that are placed in the nests.



Peggi Rodgers
Oregon Research Institute
Eugene, OR
peggir at ori.org
"A bird does not sing because it has an
answer, It sings because it has a song"