Swallows nest in colonies that may contain from 12 to 500 nesting pairs. They build their nests close to buildings, bridges and other structures. They use mud, hair, grass and feathers to build their nests, sometimes when they are lazy to build a nest they lay their eggs in another swallow’s nests. They spend most of their time catching insects, and the only time they are on the ground is to collect mud for their nests.
Posts Tagged ‘nesting’
Cliff Swallow
Sunday, December 27th, 2009The House Wren
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Did You Know:
The House Wren can be found around cities, suburbs, towns, and any open area environments creating more opportunities for us to view them.
House Wren eat insects, snails, and spiders. They capture their food in the shrubs, the trees and on the ground.
They use the woodpecker holes or bird houses for their nesting sites. The nest is built with dry, small sticks and others materials such as, feathers, hair, wool, spider cocoons, moss and trash. After the male house wren builds his nest the female will inspect it. If she doesn’t agree with the construction of his nest she will throw all unwanted building materials to the ground.
