Four and Twenty Blackbirds? NO! 39 Barn swallows and some bird “royalty.”

Remember that old nursery rhyme about “Four and Twenty Blackbirds baked in a pie?” Wednesday morning we didn’t have that many blackbirds to look at, thankfully. We did have 39 barn swallows on a wire, though. Our hay crop had been mowed and I think the barn swallows were checking out the scene. Every time I’ve [...]