Coming and Going

 Here is one of our tree swallows leaving the nest in her endless quest for more bugs to feed the hatchlings.

If you just sit there quietly, you get treated to an amazing show as the parents zip back and forth, in and out of the nest.



There is a moment when they pause -- that's just before launching out of the nest box.  Coming back, there is almost no hesitation before diving inside.

The bluebirds are two nest boxes down along this fence line.  There little ones have yet to hatch, but they will be here soon enough.