Barn Swallows??

FBH44 · Sep 28, 2021

I usually get followed by those deep-blue barn swallows, when I'm bush-hogging weeds. They're swooping and diving for
lunch. Now here in late September they're not to be seen. Do they go south for the winter? Are they already gone?

rick n ohio · Sep 28, 2021

Yes they fly back south im in east central ohio they left here the first of September they make there nest in my barns under the rafters every year

Mike(NEOhio) · Sep 28, 2021

At my place too, barn and tree swallows. Tractor, lawn mower, whenever I start an engine they gather on the wires and start swooping. They left about 3-4 weeks ago.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 28, 2021

The numbers have been down from previous years at my place in VA all Summer.

Geo-TH,In · Sep 28, 2021

I would see the swallows feeding off the corn fields and bean fields.
Most of the corn has been harvested, bean fields only. Fewer swallows. Not sure where they are. Would see them just before dark feeding off the yard.

560Dennis · Sep 28, 2021

I happy to report that I mowed. 40 acres in July and I was accompanied by a symphony of swallows every day .
Was on the outside patio of breakwall bbq yesterday over looking the docks in the harbor and saw a few in the rafters. Was hopeful they didnt drop anything in my lemonade.
I have noticed what you are talking about in a fall now but didnt recall the time,

Gambles · Sep 28, 2021

I usually discourage them, but this year I let them build on the side of my house. They have hatched and are long gone.

NY 986 · Sep 28, 2021

Around here the swallows are gone by the first couple of days of September.

chcase · Sep 28, 2021

In central wisconsin they show up the 1st or 2nd week of May and leave about Sept 4th. If you mark your calendar.It will be the same every year

Gene Davis (Ga.) · Sep 28, 2021

I had barn swallows here for several years. They finally decided to take over the carport and got so aggressive they would dive bomb any one that came under the carport, plus they liked to poop all over my vehicles. I finally had to evict them and they seemed to have gotten mad and left the premises. I have a couple of Brown Thrashers that always show up every time I crank up a lawn mower or the tractor with the flail mower to follow me and catch bugs.
Gene Davis Tennille, Ga.

ss55 · Sep 28, 2021

As a young man I was helping shell ear corn with a group of neighbors as a small rain cloud moved in. One older man mentioned to watch how the swallows fly, as long as some swallows were high in the air there is no rain in the air, but as soon as the all the swallows start flying low, you know there are rain drops in the air and rain will hit the ground pretty soon. Sure enough, he was right.

Texasmark · Sep 28, 2021

I was hogging yesterday and there must have been 50 of them around me....usually I have only a few. Have no idea as to where they originated. I like to see the hatchings when they appear in the spring.....all lined up on the fence in pecking order, waiting for you to come out and stir up some bugs and or dirt (to build mud nests)....I guess thats where they get their nest building makings.

Yours must have moved South for the winter.

larbear · Sep 28, 2021

Are barn swallows and purple martin the same bird?

JMOR · Sep 28, 2021

(quoted from post at 11:15:20 09/28/21) Are barn swallows and purple martin the same bird?

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bradley martin · Sep 28, 2021

No. 2 different species. Closely related but purple martin is a much larger bird.

sms · Sep 28, 2021

It's funny, we always considered barn swallows a messy pest. I haven't lived on the farm for about 20 years and miss them. They always followed when mowing and I often watched them play with a feather,one would carry it up, drop it, another would catch it, ect.

Northvale PA · Sep 28, 2021

Look them up and read all about their habits and history. They winter in South America and return to their breeding spot yearly. So we are only half of their host location. They eat tons of insects and are worth the dupe they poop. We have many in our barn am I am perfectly happy to have them. Always sad to se them and summer leave. Nothing like being alone out on the fields in the evening but not being alone at all. You have dozens of friends happy to see you mowing. Year after year.

Northvale PA · Sep 28, 2021

Look them up and read all about their habits and history. They winter in South America and return to their breeding spot yearly. So we are only half of their host location. They eat tons of insects and are worth the dupe they poop. We have many in our barn am I am perfectly happy to have them. Always sad to se them and summer leave. Nothing like being alone out on the fields in the evening but not being alone at all. You have dozens of friends happy to see you mowing. Year after year.

W_B · Sep 28, 2021

I call the swallows my "fighter escort" when I'm mowing pastures. They've been gone around here (southeastern Ohio) for many weeks.

Phil-mar Farms · Sep 29, 2021

We always were amused by our city help when baling hay They were surprised by the low flying swallows and even tryed to wave them off.

4xMF · Sep 30, 2021

I have always loved the swallows and listening to their chirping. When they arrive in the spring it is a sign of real spring. Our swallows spend the winters in Africa. I keep record of their arriving dates by noting the dates on a door frame in the shed where they nest. I admire their flying skills. They fly through a 2.5 inch door gap in full speed. Once I got hit right under my eye by the tip of a swallows wing when we met in a doorway.

This post was edited by 4xMF on 09/30/2021 at 02:49 pm.

fixerupper · Sep 30, 2021

They have pretty much disappeared here in northwest Iowa. Saw a few the other day though.

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