Wednesday, June 10, 2009

THE SWALLOWS HAVE RETURNED


You might remember last year we had a mom and dad swallow build a house on our front porch. The next thing we knew, we were the proud grand parents of 4 baby swallows!

We'll they've returned again this year and set up housekeeping in their same little mud home, lined with soft, downy feathers.



Click on the photo for a close up look at the babies. Three have hatched and two are still working at it.

We love animals at our house. We have 6 cats, 2 dogs, and we feed thousands of finches, doves, quail, hummingbirds, European starlings, and whatever else shows up for dinner.

Ain't life grand?
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Hey, I just realized, these baby swallows look like Buttercup.
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Oh, one more thing...those eggs are about the size of a big jelly bean and the babies heads are about the size of a baby pea.