John,

I have Redwing Blackbirds but no cattails. Go figure.

The bank swallows came back a couple of days ago but disappeared after the cold snap. I have a pair of swallows that nest in one of my 4 inch PVC inflow pipes every year. I added another faux pipe above it for them to nest in and capped the one that is used. I don't want to wash their nest into the pond when I fill the pond, but they want no part of it. LOL May not cap it this year and hopefully they'll be done nesting by the time I need to refill the pond.

Edit: i presently have a large group of swallows flying over the big pond. I can't imagine there are any insects with sub freezing temps but...

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 04/16/14 10:00 AM.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.