Update on Swallow Babies

The 2 barn swallow babies are bigger and flying around almost like pros.  No pictures.  They’re much harder to picture now that they’re flying!  Additionally, we happened to see Sister come up with a bird in her mouth.  She put it down and we investigated.  It was a barn swallow baby that didn’t seem hurt […]

In the Meantime….

We have had a pair of barn swallows nesting in the new barn.  They laid eggs and had babies.  Then, apparently the babies tried to fledge a bit too soon.  They are still actually still alive after a couple days even with the barn cats hanging about.  They were already very disciplined, as since they […]

Raccoons

We caught another raccoon this morning. That makes two this year. We didn’t mind so much when we had a fairly large one hanging out in the area and eating the dropped pecans, as he soon learned our schedule and avoided us. That was our first summer here. Last year I don’t recall any problems […]