Date: 4/26/25 1:28 pm From: flyingcarlini via groups.io <flyingcarlini...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Barn Swallow Omaha
That's is indeed heartbreaking those Barn Swallows returned to your workplace nesting spot, it's telling they still haven't found anything as suitable as atop the surveillance camera.
A similar homeless situation is happening to Louisiana Waterthrushes that return to fewer and fewer streams in much of southeast Neb. with each passing year of this relentless drought that first started drying up our streams and ponds in the latter part of 2022 and is unprecedented in living memory. It's hard to see the idyllic tributaries all dry up completely and watch LOWA dads singing on remaining puddles that won't endure for nestlings without rain. We recently birded Wagon Train SRA south of Lincoln and it was shocking to see it's maybe half the size it was just a few years ago after the big renovation. The inflow streams have all dried up. So our lake habitat might be next to go if this drought continues.
-Shari Schwartz & John Carlini, Lincoln
On Saturday, April 26, 2025, 11:02:03 AM CDT, Paul Hubert via groups.io <paulhubert123...> wrote:
FOY Barn Swallow pair just arrived where I work. I have been here 7 years, and for the first 5 years a pair of Barn Swallows built a nest on top of a surveillance camera at the entryway.
But some of the employees complained about the birds diving on them to protect their nest. The boss said to take the camera down. I would have told the employees to use the back door, but I was not consulted.
For the last 2 years, a pair of Barn Swallows has flown up into the cranny where the camera used to be.
It breaks my heart to see them hovering around their old nest site.
Chip Hubert
Omaha
