I'm envious. Whenever the Violet-green Swallow nestlings fledge from my nest boxes, they and their parents leave and never come back. They don't even say "Goodbye."

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:41 PM, Ed Newbold wrote:

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> Delia and I have been going through some tough times lately but we have this to LIFT OUR SPIRITS: Sitting out on the back porch at 7:45 pm this evening the airspace over our house was suddenly filled with chirping VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS jetting around every which way with the now very speedy juveniles chasing their parents for food. It's the sixth night in a row since fledging-day that our Violet-green family has returned home in the evening--on some nights as late as 8:30--to deposit the three kids back in the box before nightfall.
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> It's nice to see parents taking such good care of their kids these days...
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> Ed Newbold residential Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA ednewbold1 at yahoo.com
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