On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Russell McMahon wrote:

>>> he swallow-nests in picture 3269 - are they natural, or man-made

> I'm afraid I've concluded that they are artificial.

Swallows, and some other birds, seem to be awfully complacent about
where they make their nests.  At Lake Shasta Caverns, there seems
to be a family of swallows that makes their nest on the boat that
crosses the lake - some 10y ago there was a nest in the eaves of
the awning; this summer it seemed to have moved to underneath
the deck.  It's sorta neat to see mom/pop swallow flying back
and forth to the boat (with food?) as it moves across the lake.
Also, we had a bird family that made its nest for several years
in the boxes of junk we have well inside our garage; they especially
seemed to like the little crevices that tend to form in boxes of
books and magazines of unmatched size...

BillW
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