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["lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Back in April, I accidently knocked down the old Barn Swallow nest while doing 
some repair work on the stable. Trying to be helpful, I nailed a little plank 
up under a loft support beam at a couple of locations, thinking that one or the 
other would make a good foundation for a new nest. The Barn Swallows apparently 
didn't consider either little plank to be up to codes. Instead, they choose a 
nail driven in one of the loft beams as a foundation for their new nest, which 
is now about complete. I thought for a while they weren't going to rebuild at 
all. They have been back in town for some while, but just started building a 
nest here a few days ago. I think they considered rebuilding in an old country 
store building down the road, but eventually changed their minds. They may have 
been  afraid people would start calling then Store Swallows.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County, KY
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