I am pleased to report that my yard is bustling with barn swallows.  We
had four nests fledge, and at least one second brood is started.  We
have a woodshed - which we purposely waited to rebuild until after the
barn swallows departed last year - and an open barn.  However, over the
years, the number of tree swallows nesting in my bird boxes has
diminished. 

Peg Ackerson
Lyme Center

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