Baby Birdorable: Barn Swallow

September 17, 2015 in Baby Birds and Swallows with 2 comments

If you think our Birdorable birds are cute as adults, what about when they are babies? Below are some baby photos (shared via Flickr Creative Commons) of the Barn Swallow. Barn Swallows build a nest of mud, often on a man-made structure. Both the male and female build the nest, which is fortified with blades of grass. The nest is then lined with softer material, like grass and feathers. The baby birds hatch after about two weeks of incubation, and fledge from the nest after another three weeks or so.

Barn Swallow nest Colorado Springs 11 July 2010

Barn swallow nest (CC BY 2.0)

Barn swallow in the nest (CC BY 2.0)

Baby barn swallos (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Barn swallow fledling (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mama barn swallow feeds her little ones (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Barn swallows (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Barn-Swallow Rauchschwalbe (Hirundo rustica) I

Barn swallow nest (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Barn swallows (CC BY 2.0)

Baby barn swallows (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Young barn swallows (CC BY 2.0)

Barn swallow (CC BY 2.0)

Comments

Spurwing Plover on October 5, 2015 at 4:30 PM wrote:

We had a pair of Barn Swallow's raise their young in a nest on the side pourch of a local restruant this summer

Spurwing Plover on August 23, 2022 at 6:44 AM wrote:

When returning back from the south its the male who arrives first to estabish a territory

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