A Sad Ending to the Workshop Swallows Mini-Saga
As I feared, the last swallow youngster did not survive the night. All three swallow chicks died within two days of each other. I assume the two that made it through their respective plummets from the nest succumbed to internal injuries of some kind a short while later.
The success rate for nesting barn swallows is between 70–90%. My workshop swallows are clearly in the 10–30% failure margin. The adults hung around the workshop for a few hours before vanishing into the blue sky from which they had come. I plan to remove the nest tomorrow.
Sad. I was looking forward to watching at least one fledgling leave the nest, ready to take on the world.
Anyway, we’ll now return to our regularly scheduled blog.
The success rate for nesting barn swallows is between 70–90%. My workshop swallows are clearly in the 10–30% failure margin. The adults hung around the workshop for a few hours before vanishing into the blue sky from which they had come. I plan to remove the nest tomorrow.
Sad. I was looking forward to watching at least one fledgling leave the nest, ready to take on the world.
Anyway, we’ll now return to our regularly scheduled blog.
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