Under Construction (Random Pointless Photos)

So a pair of barn swallows have decided to build their nest on my window frame. I've never seen a swallows' nest under construction before. This ought to be interesting. As you can see in the photo, they first made daubs of mud all along the frame before settling on the south corner as the best place to build. They bring bits of grass and beakfuls of mud and plaster them together onto the vertical surface.


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Off he goes (or she — I can't even tell them apart, let alone identify their genders). I hope to learn how to photograph these things better.



Posing for the camera in front of his/her handiwork … or beakiwork?