what type of nest?

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55 50 Ron

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

What bird (or insect) made these nests?

 

Scott 730

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Location

EC MN

• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Barn swallows.

 

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Bob Harvey

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Not sure, but judging by the 'fallout', I will say swallows.

 

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Steve@Advance

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Barn swallows or bridge swallows, I guess depends on where they build.
Barn Swallow

 

Janicholson

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

They can leave a mess, but they eat massive numbers of mosquitoes!!!

 

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banjoman09

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Not barn swallows like we have in Kansas....some other type. Our swallows all have open nests on the top

 

DoubleO7

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Location

Crystal River, FL

• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Cliff Swallow.

 

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Eric in IL

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Cliff Swallow is my guess.

 

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fixerupper

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Cliff swallow. My farm has one cliff swallow that builds in the same place every year. The rest are barn swallows that build the open top nest.

 

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jal-SD

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

The fledglings will eat their weight in insects every couple of days. Good bird friends, they eat lots of insects. Both the "roosters" and "hens" keep busy catching bugs for the kids all day. Unlike many people that we've all delt with, the young ones are smart enough not to crap in their own nest. (Don't park anything under the nest.)

 

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centash

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Looks like cliff swallow suburbia has hit the neighbourhood....

Ben

 

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dlbuck

Member

• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Definitely Cliff Swallows, totally different nest than a Barn Swallow. Migratory bird, so is federally protected. They like to build nests under bridges. I worked road construction some jobs could not start during nesting season, because of the federal law.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Location

Virginia

• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

When I'm in the hay fields swallows are my constant companions circling the tractor and equipment diving for insects that get stirred up.

 

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moresmoke

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Location

E ND

• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

Barn swallows around here build nests like that. But then we can’t have cliff swallows, that would require topography.

Took down a 3 hole condo off my shop a couple weeks ago.

 

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Busflyer

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• Jul 3, 2020

• #1

I always like watching them fly around me when Im bushhogging

 

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Ken Loewenhagen

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• Jul 4, 2020

• #1

Barn Swallows. Around here they will build that type of nest or, an open top depending on where they decide to build. We used to have them in the pig pens years ago. They got so tame that you could actually pet them.

 

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GordoSD

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• Jul 4, 2020

• #1

Who wants to pet a pig?

 

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coshoo

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• Jul 4, 2020

• #1

Not barn swallows- they build an open top nest. Others have said cliff swallows- sounds reasonable, but we don't have them and I've never seen a nest like that. Kind of like the line from the Randy Travis- "If my phone still ain't ringin', I assume it still ain't you."

 

DoubleO7

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Location

Crystal River, FL

• Jul 4, 2020

• #1

Cliff Swallow

Note the tail shape, Barn Swallow has a much more V shape to it.