Subject: Re: Barn swallow nests
Date: Apr 18 17:17:12 1996
From: Eagan Family - eaganc at brigadoon.com


I have some friends that look forward to their barn swallows every year.
They have some that nest in their light fixture on their front porch, right
in the middle of their porch over the heads of unsuspecting guests. Here
is what they do. They have attached 4 screweyes to the porch ceiling and
when the swallows have finished their nest, they put a 2 ft square piece of
cardboard suspended with fishing line about a foot below the nest. It
works well and the swallows don't seem to mind. It is wonderful to watch
them tend to their family. They perch on a wire right near the porch when
they are not on the nest, it is wonderful to watch them. I wish they would
come to my house.

Carolyn Eagan
eaganc at brigadoon.com
Seattle