A Barn Swallow is sitting on her nest just outside of the kitchen door. She peeks over the edge when I walk by, perhaps worried about disturbance? When the pair was building, they were much more skittish and more likely to fly away. Now, though, she sticks to her nest, and her mate visits her with much squeaking and trilling.
I did a point count today and found a Winter Wren Nest and an Osprey Nest. The WIWR was very close, less than 10m, and I watched as it flew into a hole in the bank with food in its bill. It emerged with a fecal sac. There must be babies in there that need food input and to have their nest cleaned out! The Osprey I watched carried a fish, and it dove spectacularly to land on a large stick nest where its nestling was crying for food. The parent left the fish, which the chick began to eat.