Happy Summer! On this first day of summer, I visited one of
the nature center’s residences- a nesting box playing host to a family of tree
swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). I’m
not sure if there are babies inside yet. But while the adults were once quick
to exit the box when a gaggle of kids walked by, now they pause and examine us
with curiosity. Perhaps by now they realize that we mean no harm, and that we
are fascinated with their shiny feathers and their flying antics! Joining these
swallows in nesting in and around the nature center are eastern bluebirds,
Baltimore orioles, red-winged black birds, robins, eastern phoebes, house
sparrows, and Canada geese, to name a few. It will be a good summer for
watching our bird neighbors!
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