A special day

 

Days gone by

 

Swallows on the power lines 

#TBT

 

Swallows on the power lines 😎

#TBT

Vermont summer memories 

Swallows and Blackberries 

Another Year

Another Year 

Fredsnapped a Perfect swallow photo.

They’re Back...

From Twitterverse,

Robert McFarlane Lost Words...

Word of the day: “Chelidonias” - in Ancient Greek weather-lore, a “swallow-bearing wind”; ie a westerly or southwesterly warm spring wind that accompanies (and aids) swallows on their spring migration northwards into Europe (“chelidon”; swallow).
Have swallows reached you yet? pic.twitter.com/o6JpbjX6OB

— Robert Macfarlane (@RobGMacfarlane) April 23, 2018

Swallows

Swallows 

First Brood

Berries and Birds And Coffee

I intended to show you the first brood

Of swallows.

They look happy.

Will post as soon as the files

Find their way onto my blog pages...

Meanwhile

Enjoy the berries,

Ripening,

Most are Not ripe yet...

First Swallows

Swallows from another year

Swallows

From another year,

We have small flock of busy birds,

Tough year for them.

Rain, rain, rain.

 

Swallows

Photo From the archives...
They look healthy and happy this year.

Swallows on a better year

Have not seen the numbers of swallows we have seen in year's past.
They are flying the kids hard.

Swallows

Swallows

Swallows fly up and down and all around,
Scooping insects in a graceful gulp,
Babies rest only briefly,
Parents pushing the babies
To Fly, fly, fly.....



p.s. we saw at least 3 robust healthy bats last night.
a good sign indeed. Had not seen one in a few years.

Swallows Past

Swallows past

top photo: Friendly visitor paused so Fred could take this special close up.
bottom: Opportunities can  be seized. Nest under eaves.

Fork Tails

Fork Tail memories
Swallows on the line.
Chattering, flying, eating,
Is any of it for fun?
Now they fly south, farther than I have ever been,
and their images, fascinate me always,
these delicate rugged flying marvels.
happy october...

Swallow Update

Swallow update.

Swallow re-run & Spring views

Fred snapped the one above last year

sundrops,rhubarb,solomon's seal,bleeding heart
and white violets

They are back…

The swallows and vultures are back.
I thought I saw a swallow at the same time they were chattering, bugging Fred to take the window off the shed so they can “get to it”, start the first of 2 or sometimes 3 broods.
Less than 2 minutes after the window came off, they went inside
to check out last year’s nests.
I waited outside with the camera and saw none this afternoon.
Fred snapped this one.
Welcome back.

Swallows are on their way

Most all of our resident Swallows

left last Wednesday or I believe official date should be

Thursday August 25, 2011 (a few stragglers remained one more day).

But either way, they left 3-4days before Irene hit.

They are headed for South America.

I used to think Florida, but Fred did some research.

We hope they did OK with the storm and found some shelter.

They were the healthiest swallows we have seen.

Plump and good broods. My theory is that with

the sparse bat population, the swallows have more food.

Anyway,

I had intended on writing about the swallows leaving

before Irene hit.

So this is my post,

simple as it may be,

it is a tribute to the swallows, who brave long journeys,

suffering adverse conditions

and then they will fly back and keep our backyard bugs under control.

wish them a safe journey...mary