#Swallows: The makeshift swallow nesting site we made from an old car trunk liner works great! We have three pairs of swallows in the tractor shed this year, and the first brood has hatched—3x4 chicks 🥰🥰🥰 This year, the “prefab” structure we built was also accepted—as a base for our own equipment—for the first time in three years 🙂 The last picture shows one successful nesting attempt from last year—significantly smaller and more crumbly than this year’s nests. Now I’m mulling over the idea of permanently installing a “swallow pond” with a water supply (preferably a sort of stream… for the white wagtail)… where? How? How not? Where not? Since it’s actually in the way on the stone area, I moved it today to the grassy area in front of the vegetable garden. Result: not a single swallow showed up. Back on the stone area, it took less than 5 minutes for the swallows to return… But how do you integrate a trough with water and clay mud into an area used for driving through and maneuvering? 🤔 Maybe I’ll try other trough shapes… maybe a shallow stream at the transition between the stone and grassy areas?