[AT] Fighter escort for old iron

[Indiana Robinson]

I have not seen any purple martins right here for quite a few years but a
son-in-law saw a few about a week ago while mowing. Like you mention Gene
the Amish about 8 to 10 miles east of here have poles full of martin houses
all over. We have a herd of the long tail barn swallows here and a smaller
number of chimney swifts. We normally never see cliff swallows here but
maybe 30 years ago we had one nest (a very distinctive nest) up under the
lower edge of a barn roof. Have never seen another here since. I have seen
a lot of them out west. When I see their nest it makes me think of a tea
pot.  :-)
Even more fun than watching the barn swallows zipping all around the mower
is watching them skimming low and hitting the cats when they walk across
the barn lot.  :-)


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On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 11:40 PM partzpicker at yahoo.com <
partzpicker at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I get barn swallows when I mow.  They nest about a quarter mile away in an
> unused shed at the neighbors.  I think they've learned to associate the
> sound of a mower with dinner!
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:11 PM, Aaron Dickinson
> <a_dickinson at att.net> wrote:
>
> I could have used the escort today, too hot out for the birds but not the
> bugs.
>
>
>
> Aaron Dickinson
>
> Mason, Michigan
>
>
>
> *From: *Spencer Yost
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 25, 2019 10:52 PM
> *To: *at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> *Subject: *[AT] Fighter escort for old iron
>
>
>
> While mowing today the swift’s were out in full force. I call them my
> fighter escort.  It’s hard to get a picture of all of them at once, but I
> had 20 to 30 swifts saving me from all the evil bugs in the field that the
> haybine was kicking up.  It amazing how close they are willing to get to me
> and how acrobatic they are.  It’s one of my favorite parts of mowing. They
> keep me entertained.  I have one circled but there a few more in the pic
>
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com
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