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who appears, twittering and calling until someone takes <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 <style type=3D"text/css">.mceResizeHandle {position: absolute;border: 1px= solid black;background: #FFF;width: 5px;height: 5px;z-index: 10000}.mceRes= izeHandle:hover {background: #000}img[data-mce-selected] {outline: 1px soli= d black}img.mceClonedResizable, table.mceClonedResizable {position: absolut= e;outline: 1px dashed black;opacity: .5;z-index: 10000} <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family: "Cambria Math"; } @font-face {font-family: Calibri; } @font-face {font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face {font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; } @font-face {font-family: "Arial Black"; } /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:= 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Times New= Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: = underline;} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate { margin: 0cm; margin-bot= tom: .0001pt; font-size: 8.0pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle17 { font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: #1F497D= ;} span.BalloonTextChar { font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";} .MsoChpDefault {} @page WordSection1 { margin: 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {} --></style> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Well Lance our barns on the farm had lo= ts</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">of ventilation. My father believed in f= resh air for the livestock!</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">And me the same. An Eagle could have fl= own in!</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the spring</span> </div>=20 <div> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul</span> </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: = 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;" type=3D"cite"> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] --> <!-- [if gte mso 9]> --> <!-- <![endif] -->On May 11, 2020 at 12:31 PM Lance Laviolette <corv= uscorax@sympatico.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div class=3D"WordSection1">=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Hi Andy,</span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Historically, there= were farmers who cut holes in their barn gables to provide access to the b= arn for Barn Swallows. I=E2=80=99ve seen photos of them as holes, semi circ= les and crosses. I=E2=80=99m sure they also provided a bit of venting of th= e barn. </span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">In <strong>Birds of= Massachusetts and Other New England States</strong></span><span style=3D"f= ont-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; colo= r: #1f497d;"> (1929), Edward Howe Forbush wrote:<br/>If, when the Swallows = arrive, they find the building closed in which they are accustomed to breed= , they sometimes approach the house and fly about it, or about any inmate w= ho appears, twittering and calling until someone takes pity on them and ope= ns a door or window, when they immediately enter, showing their gratificati= on by happy excited twittering. Many farmers cut a small hole in a barn gab= le to accommodate the birds.</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">They probably were = not always needed as many barns or farm structures were not as weather tigh= t as they are now or they had a door to the hay loft that stayed open. </sp= an></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">I=E2=80=99ll send a= photo in a direct post but all the apertures appear to offer about 15-20cm= access points.</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Cheers,</span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;">Lance</span></p>=20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>= =20 <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: &= #39;Bookman Old Style',&am