jaykay Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I have been living in San Juan Cosala for about 11 years, and this year for the first time, almost no swallows. Usually we have one or two nests in under the eves, but nothing yet. The swallows usually show up six or seven weeks before now. My neighbor two houses over normally has 20 or more nests. (two story house). This year, none. Out at lakeside, very few. One day I counted five in the whole park area. Anybody have any info about this? I thought maybe they moved to another part of the lake, like the pelicans sometimes do. I don't know why this bothers me, but it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Berca Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 They are all at my house building nests and feeding babies. I am the clean up guy. More here than in several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 a large amount go to Taálá as well..This year I stayed 2 weeks there and the swallows were making huge messes over the doors.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I also have many swallow nests in my yard and down Guadalupe Victoria, I guess they like the bugs better here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Glad they are not around they are a plague. Like saying where did all the cockroaches and mosquitoes go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 The returned to Capristrano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I have seen many flying around in my part of San Juan Cosala in the last month. No nests though but I usually only get one or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Lots of them about in the hills - making baby season. We had a whole flock swirling every night around part of the property, keeping the bugs at bay until the bats report to work. They can be a plaque to commercial property owners, and they do carry a type of mite, which drops to the ground. Did you know (I didn't) that the swallows do not actually consume insects, like flycatcher and bats, but they generate a sticky saliva around their beaks, flying through clouds of insects, then back to the babies who pick them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Fortunately, no nests here, but flocks of them started to congregate on the phone wires outside my house this morning. Rarely have had them before. Must be some new bugs in my trees... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 1 hour ago, ComputerGuy said: Fortunately, no nests here, but flocks of them started to congregate on the phone wires outside my house this morning. Rarely have had them before. Must be some new bugs in my trees... Or they are keeping an eye on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaykay Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Spencer, you romantic devil. Glad to hear they are somewhere. I kept thinking about the birds they keep in coal mines to warn the men about bad air. Thanks. I feel better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave0415 Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 It could be that the SJC spraying program to eliminate mosquitoes has reduced their food supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Dave that could be true. My neighbor in San Juan Cosala dug out a huge dirt hole to grow water lilies in. The mosquitos got so bad I had to make a complaint to Jocotepec. Shortly after the sprayers came. Since they the hole has largely filled in naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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