A month ago, I commented on how tough the spring had been on the birds in my immediate surroundings. Thankfully, summer has offered a reprieve -- at least for some birds.
The village storks successfully hatched four, yes four, chicks, all of which appear healthy and strong today. Overall, it seems to have been a banner year for storks. Nearly every nest I have passed contains at least three young birds, with four being common.
Also, a pair of swallows stealthily nested in my workshop. I was working on a shed and kept the workshop over the past couple of weeks and kept the workshop door open every day to retrieve whatever tools I needed.
The swallows saw the opportunity and took it. While I was constructing a shed, they busied themselves by building a nest in the workshop. I was oblivious to their presence and only became aware of them after they had completed the nest.
So, I now share the workshop with a nesting pair of swallows and keep the door open for them all the time. They tend to fly away whenever I enter the workshop, but they always return.
It will be interesting to see if their nesting endeavor succeeds. If it does, I'll hear the peeping and chirping of swallow chicks very soon and make up for some of the bird-related calamities I observed in the spring.
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