NEW ARRIVALS

The male Tree Swallows have arrived. They are such wonderful flyer's, and they glide through our back yard in great numbers. The males arrive earlier than the females, and check out the nest boxes. They are very tired from their long flight leaving the wintering grounds in Mexico, and South America. The females will arrive later, but in the meantime the males are very territorial, and will fight each other for nesting sites. I have found in my bluebird houses 3-4 dead Tree Swallows that have all tried to claim the same box and died from exhaustion.