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Do sparrows overtake swallow nests

Updated: 12/22/2022
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Yes - that is what happened to a house martin's nest on our house. The sparrows took over and hatched two babies. Sadly though the nest collapsed and it and the babies ended up on the lawn. So disaster.

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