Baby Barn Swallows: Day 17 - Live Stream 赤ちゃんの納屋のツバメ

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The first of 4 baby hatched 22 June 2019. The parents have been feeding throughout the day. When one parent is on the nest, the other is sitting just out of frame keeping watch. They started incubating the 4 eggs on 6 June 2019. Barn Swallows take 14 to 16 days to hatch.

About the Barn Swallow
The most widely distributed and abundant swallow in the world, the Barn Swallow(Hirundo rustica) breeds throughout most of North America and Eurasia, and overwinters in Central and South America, southern Spain, Morocco, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, India, Indochina, Malaysia, and Australia. Originally nesting primarily in caves, the Barn Swallow has almost completely converted to nesting under the eaves of buildings or on other artificial structures such as bridges and culverts. In North America, this shift in nesting sites began before European settlement and was virtually complete by the mid 1900s; nowadays, the Barn Swallow is rarely observed nesting on natural substrates. As with other swallows that have shifted to nesting on human-made structures, such as Purple Martin (Progne subis) and Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), the Barn Swallow now frequently nests in colonies that are larger in size than probably occurred in natural settings.

The Barn Swallow has been associated with humans and their structures for more than 2,000 years in Europe, and this close relationship means they are well known to the public. In many parts of the world, having Barn Swallows nesting on one's property is considered a sign of good fortune or a harbinger of spring. Legend has it that Barn Swallows consoled Christ on the cross by trying to remove the crown of thorns from his head and attempting to divert those coming to arrest him in the Garden of Gethsemane. Stories are told that Barn Swallows got their forked tails because they stole fire from the gods to give to the people, and their central tail feathers were shortened when they were burnt off by a firebrand hurled by a wrathful deity. Other legends have it that cows will give bloody milk or go dry if anything inopportune happens to the Barn Swallows nesting on a farm; lightning may even strike a house if a Barn Swallow nest is removed.

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