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We once has some swallows build a nest under the front porch overhang,
right over he front door. I let them do it becasue I thought it would
be a great science and nature project for my kids to watch. They
nested and had two sets of three chicks.

I hadn't counted on the massive amounts of bird****. I couldn't bring
myself to destroy hte nest until the chicks left.

They next spring, they all tried to come back. And the spring after
that, and the spring after that.... It's been 10-12 years and every
now and then, I STILL get one trying to come back.

-Zz

Big cardboard box w. several layers of old newspapers under the nest; with a
boulder or a couple of bricks to hold it in place.

I love the noise they make, and I love the job they do. Had some on the
lampshade in the half-enclosed back porch for years, until the lampshade broke.
Sadly, the 'new' wife (new 8 yrs ago) doesn't like them at the house.

-P.

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