Each year we have Tree Swallows visit our nesting boxes at our float cabin on Powell Lake in Coastal BC. By mid-July the chicks are large enough to reach the entrance/exit hole.
One voracious chick at a time waits in the hole for either mom or dad to bring a bug to eat. By this age, the parents must spend the entire day feeding their young, getting them ready to fledge and fly on their own.
Do you have birds nesting at your house? What kind and are they ready to fledge? -- Margy
We have tree swallows and bluebirds living next to each other in adjacent boxes. The are peaceful neighbors. If on of their own kind show up a territorial fight breaks out. Strange but true...:)
ReplyDeleteWe had some Purple Martens show up to visit. They were not peaceful neighbors with our swallows. - Margy
DeleteHello, cute captures of the adult feeding the baby. It looks like it is the Violet-green Swallow. Very cute photos. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your post. Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteIt might be. We get both kinds to visit our cabin. - Margy
DeleteThis year we wrens and sparrows nesting in birdhouses. We haven’t had swallows for a few years.
ReplyDeleteOur barn swallows passed us by this year. I do miss them. - Margy
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