photo by Greg Hofmann

2/24/03: If you've been to the Reserve in recent weeks, you know that our Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) are back in force, zooming around over the meadows after insects (they can fly 600 miles in a day, feeding) and filling the air with their liquid, chortling calls. Soon they will set up houskeeping. Here, one stands lookout while the other inspects one of our bird boxes as a possible nesting site.