Preach. So about the bird thing. There's a Phoebe nest in the eve beneath the ceiling on my back porch, with at least two baby birds in there. Yesterday afternoon maybe 4-5 Swallows (I assumed Barn Swallows, but I don't know for sure) started flying all through the porch, right over and around our heads. They were clearly interested in that nest, but never went all the way to or in it (but it was definitely a point of interest for them). I'm trying to figure out why. Were they trying to claim the nest (it's in a place where a Swallow nest would look right at home), or something else?