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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-DD1625A1-1EC6-4A92-995D-485099542AA3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you. That makes more sense. Yes I have seen their jug nests clustered t= ogether (where it must be complete mayhem). So this could be competition for= a nest site, a mate or a location to dump eggs. Possibly all three at once.= A rowdy world for sure.=20 Nancy D Sent from my iPad > On Jun 11, 2019, at 3:20 PM, susann myers <myerss@eastlink.ca> wrote: >=20 > Hi, Nancy. >=20 > Cliff Swallows nest communally in terms of building nests near one another= in a colony, but one pair builds and occupies each mud nest. There is a lot= of competition over nest sites, however, and they will try to take over a n= est from another pair of Cliff Swallows. There is also apparently a fair bi= t of extra-pair copulation that goes on, including males entering a nest tha= t is not their own to copulate with the female inside the nest. Also, brood= parasitism is apparently common - females lay eggs in the nests of other pa= irs, or transfer eggs from their own nest to another in their bills. All in= all, there tends to be quite a bit of squabbling going on around Cliff Swal= low nests! >=20 > Cheers, > Susann >=20 >> On 06/11/19 02:29 PM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: >> These Cliff Swallows are nesting in a barn in E Dalhousie, Kings. This ph= oto shows the nest and entrance with an adult looking out https://www.flickr= .com/photos/150605880@N07/48044595918/in/dateposted/ The short video is con= fusing. Hard to tell who/how many is/are tending the nest. And seems there a= re more than a pair of adults involved. You can hear a nasty spat off-stage b= efore one returns and enters. Anyone know if they nest communally within the= large jugs? There was another jug one rafter over. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/48044607217/in/dateposted/ >> Swallows are always fun to watch. >>=20 >> Nancy D --Apple-Mail-DD1625A1-1EC6-4A92-995D-485099542AA3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Thank you. That makes more sense. Yes I hav= e seen their jug nests clustered together (where it must be complete mayhem)= . So this could be competition for a nest site, a mate or a location to dump= eggs. Possibly all three at once. A rowdy world for sure. <div><br></d= iv><div>Nancy D<br><div><div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr">= Sent from my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Jun 11, 2019, at 3:20 PM, sus= ann myers <myerss@eastlink.ca&g= t; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi, N= ancy.</div><div><br></div><div>Cliff Swallows nest communally in terms of bu= ilding nests near one another in a colony, but one pair builds and occupies e= ach mud nest. There is a lot of competition over nest sites, however, and th= ey will try to take over a nest from another pair of Cliff Swallows. T= here is also apparently a fair bit of extra-pair copulation that goes on, in= cluding males entering a nest that is not their own to copulate with the fem= ale inside the nest. Also, brood parasitism is apparently common - fem= ales lay eggs in the nests of other pairs, or transfer eggs from their own n= est to another in their bills. All in all, there tends to be quite a b= it of squabbling going on around Cliff Swallow nests!</div><div><br></div><d= iv>Cheers,</div><div>Susann</div><div><br></div><span>On 06/11/19 02:29 PM, <= b class=3D"name">NancyDowd </b> <<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">= nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote cite=3D"mid:88ACC5FF-3= 90D-499E-9C6E-65836DEB559C@gmail.com" class=3D"iwcQuote" style=3D"border-lef= t: 1px solid #00F; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 0;" type=3D"cite"><div c= lass=3D"mimetype-text-plain">These Cliff Swallows are nesting in a barn in E= Dalhousie, Kings. This photo shows the nest and entrance with an adult look= ing out <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/48044595918/i= n/dateposted/" target=3D"l">https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/4804= 4595918/in/dateposted/</a> The short video is confusing. Hard to tell w= ho/how many is/are tending the nest. And seems there are more than a pair of= adults involved. You can hear a nasty spat off-stage before one returns and= enters. Anyone know if they nest communally within the large jugs? There wa= s another jug one rafter over.<br><a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/1= 50605880@N07/48044607217/in/dateposted/" target=3D"l">https://www.flickr.com= /photos/150605880@N07/48044607217/in/dateposted/</a><br>Swallows are always f= un to watch.<br><br>Nancy D<br></div></blockquote> </div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-DD1625A1-1EC6-4A92-995D-485099542AA3--
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