Subject: [Tweeters] Comments regarding placement of swallow boxes.
Date: Mar 14 16:07:54 2009
From: Daniel Brown - heron-hill at comcast.net


Every spring I mount two swallow boxes on a pole in the middle of our
meadow--one facing south and one facing north. Presumably because VG
swallows are territorial, they only occupy one. So far, over five
years of doing this, it has always been the north-facing box. I have
always assumed that they avoided the south-facing box because it
would be more likely to grow overheated, but reading the other
comments here it sounds as if south works in many cases. So I'm not
sure why they always go for the north box....

Daniel James Brown

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On Mar 14, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Wilson Cady wrote:

> I have always face my boxes south keeping in mind the prevailing wind
> directions. Here a box facing east is more likely to catch the cooler
> winds and one facing west has more of a potential to get rain blown
> into
> the opening. Seldom do we get a wind from the south and an opening in
> that direction has an evener temperature. Just my opinion and for our
> location.
>
> Wilson Cady
> Skamania County, WA
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