When the Swallows come back to...

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The other day I went up to our townhouse (more here and here on Wendy's page) to take some measurments. I wanted to know what the rough dimensions of the various spaces was going to be, so I took a copy of the floorplan and a tape measure and went to town...

When I got to the kitchen, I startled a swallow that had gotten trapped in the room. It was a pretty little Tree Swallow that I think came in through the hole in the patio door where there will eventually be a doorknob. The little guy bumped his nose on the window trying to escape, and then parked on the windowsill. I could tell he was starting to get a little tired, and had probably been in there since the evening before. I approached very carefully, very slowly, and got him to crawl onto my hand for a second, and closer to the door. Then I got the door open and was eventually able to pick him up, carry him onto the patio and let him fly away. He zoomed off towaards the trees down the hill quite quickly. I hope he gets some food soon, and is doing ok.