Mr. and Mrs. Swallow

Are proud to announce the arrival of their brood. There are four babies in the nest. Momma and daddy swallow are very good parents. Not only did they share the responsibility of sitting on the nest together, but they work very hard together to feed the four hungry mouths peeking out from the nest.
Since the nest was built on top of our front porch light, I had some concern that the eggs would not hatch, as we use the door on a regular basis. But momma swallow became very use to our comings and goings and learned to sit tight and not fly off the nest to much. If you look closely you can see several little heads in the nest.The babies are growing fast and are all most completely feathered out. They will be two weeks old this week. It won't be long and they will be learning to fly! The baby you see in the photo below is the biggest in the bunch. You can see the flat yellow line of its mouth as it rests its little head on the side of the nest. The babies have not been easy to photography as they hunker down in the nest when you get to close.

Now I'm off to go do the daily hosing down of the front porch. The babies are cute, but the entire family of swallows is rather messy!