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Hi Rob and All=2C I stand to be corrected here=2C but my understanding =
is that it was not only the old barns that were required but that farming=
=3B particularly the keeping of livestock=3B was also essential. The mud an=
d manure were used to build the nests and the insects the animals attracted=
were a main food source. We lost our local Barn Swallows shortly after th=
e owners of the barns the swallows used for nests=2C which are still here B=
TW=2C got rid of the last of their cows. All the best. =
Fritz McEvoy S=
unrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall) =20
Date: Thu=2C 11 Jul 2013 09:25:49 -0700
From: rrtwoods@yahoo.com
Subject: [NatureNS] Barn Swallows and Chimney Swifts
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Not to take away from the rapid decline that these species and others are e=
xperiencing=2C I have wondered did these two species first benefit from man=
kind as the are both strongly associated with man made objects. Were their =
numbers from the peaks 30-40 years ago actually inflated due to man made st=
ructures being available. Prior to the building of the large wooden barns a=
cross north america what would have been the population of Barn Swallows. S=
uitable nesting habitat would have been more limited and under much more co=
mpetition or predation. Todays modern barns are made of metal which are al=
most impossible to attach nest to and are much more BIO secure than the woo=
den barns of our forefathers. The old brick chimneys that once abandoned=
=2C provided excellent=0A=
habitat for the swifts are now falling in disrepair or are destroyed in si=
te clean up. Both of these structures did not exist before the industrial a=
ge and are becoming limited now thus maybe populations of these species are=
actually returning to more normal levels. Owner of a wooden barn with 6 ba=
rn swallow nests Rob WoodsGeorgefield NS =
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<body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Hi Rob and All=2C =3B<div>&n=
bsp=3B  =3B I stand to be corrected here=2C but my understanding is tha=
t it was not only the old barns that were required but that farming=3B part=
icularly the keeping of livestock=3B was also essential. The mud and manure=
were used to build the nests and the insects the animals attracted were a =
main food source.  =3BWe lost our local Barn Swallows shortly after the=
owners of the barns the swallows used for nests=2C which are still here BT=
W=2C got rid of the last of their cows. All the best.</div><div> =3B &n=
bsp=3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =
=3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B=
 =3B  =3B  =3BFritz McEvoy</div><div> =3B  =3B  =
=3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B=
 =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B  =3B &n=
bsp=3B  =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)</div><div> =3B &nb=
sp=3B  =3B</div><div><br><div><hr id=3D"stopSpelling">Date: Thu=2C 11 J=
ul 2013 09:25:49 -0700<br>From: rrtwoods@yahoo.com<br>Subject: [NatureNS] B=
arn Swallows and Chimney Swifts<br>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><br><div =
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><div>Not to take away from the rapid decline that these species and others=
are experiencing=2C I have wondered did these two species first benefit fr=
om mankind as the are both strongly associated with man made objects. Were =
their numbers from the peaks 30-40 years ago actually inflated due to man m=
ade structures being available. Prior to the building of the large wooden b=
arns across north america what would have been the population of Barn Swall=
ows. Suitable nesting habitat would have been more limited and under much m=
ore competition or predation. </div><div> =3B</div><div>Todays modern b=
arns are made of metal which are almost impossible to attach nest to and ar=
e much more BIO secure than the wooden barns of our forefathers. =3B&nb=
sp=3BThe old brick chimneys that =3Bonce abandoned=2C provided excellen=
t=0A=
habitat for the swifts are now falling in disrepair or are destroyed in si=
te clean up. Both of these structures did not exist before the industrial a=
ge and are becoming limited now thus maybe populations of these species are=
actually returning to more normal levels.</div><div> =3B</div><div>Own=
er of a wooden barn with 6 barn swallow nests</div><div> =3B</div><div>=
Rob Woods</div><div>Georgefield NS</div><div> =3B</div><div> =3B</d=
iv> =3B =3B =3B </div></div></div> </div></body>
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