I strategically placed our new bluebird house out in the yard about 100 feet from the house a few weeks ago. We placed it facing southeast towards the kitchen window, and then all excited, we watched. Within minutes birds were checking out that house! I even witnessed a woodpecker on top! But no bluebird. After a few days of watching these 3 other birds invade the nest, I went out to chase them off but they dive bombed me! I went after the snow shovel. Can you imagine how ridiculous I looked swinging that through the air? I eventually learned that these very swift birds were barn swallows. Shiny iridescent blue backed swift flying swallows. Good thing they eat bugs cuz I was going to try to run them off.
After learning that sometimes the best solution for keeping the bluebirds safe from the aggressive swallows, was to add a second house. We had someone coming to mow and I wanted to move the houses closer so I just stuck them in the landscaping rocks outside the kitchen window. That was Thursday. We were busy moving Friday and Saturday, so Sunday I mentioned it to DB (boyfriend) to help me, that's when I heard him yell from the kitchen, "Deb, you got bluebirds!" We were so surprised and pleased! Wow, how cool was that!!!
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