Barn Swallows at the Rustydragon

the swallows move in every spring, usually bullying the bluebirds out of their favorite box.
Personally, I'd rather have the bluebirds, as they are kind of rare around my yard, but what are you going to do, equal housing and all that...

so the swallows move in, they are fairly good tenants, they eat a lot of bugs, mostly keep to themselves. At least they don't raid GardenCats dish bowl like the mockingbirds and the scrubjays do.

May 2011, the Western bludbirds are nested in the box as usual, I think I may run off the barn swallows, as much as possible this year, in hopes that the bluebirds can maintain a household until the youngsters fledge. It'll be a tough row to how, but I'll give it a shot