06/21/2026
These cool little birds have such personality if you let them nest nearby...they even learn who belongs and who doesn't so only swoop outsiders. 😂
Creative. Engineers. Pest. Nuisance. These are all words that can be used to describe Barn Swallows. While they often build their nests in undesirable and inconvenient locations, their ingenuity and persistence has to be admired.
Barn Swallows used to be one of the most common birds in the world, however, Canada, its nests a frequently considered an annoyance and knocked down. This has caused declines in its population.
This small blue and yellow bird can fly up to 74km per hour to catch insects! They can eat over 800 mosquitos in one day! Not a bad bird to share a barn with….
