More bird related issues at my place

[SoonerP226]

AND, what is in the pole that it is after?

Nesting space.

 

[GC7]

Barn swallows are protected: List of Birds Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (2020)

PASSERIFORMES

HIRUNDINIDAE

HIRUNDININAE

Hirundo

rustica

Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow

Barn

Swallow

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[rawhide]

Good to know the barn swallow lijes mosquitoes. That's probably what attracted her to my place. I'm told that once they nest they will return every year.

 

[gunnut918]

Migratory birds are federally protected. May be a couple, thinking house sparrow and starling, that are not but most other birds are protected as songbirds.

 

[swampratt]

Pileated Woodpecker dug a hole in my tree in a few hours like your hole and big pile of chips on the ground

 

[rawhide]

Pileated Woodpecker dug a hole in my tree in a few hours like your hole and big pile of chips on the ground

While I didn't see the bird doing it, I have seen a Pileated nearby a few times. Makes sense, the other woodpeckers could live in those holes.

 

[GnometownHero]

I used to sit on my porch with a cat on my lap and have barn swallows pluck fur off the cat with aerobatic combat skilz
They sure can fly good