I guess the Swallows decided to stop in Bajamar on their way to San Juan Capistrano as there are thousands of them all happily making their nests on everyone’s houses.. they are carrying mud in their tiny mouths and applying it to any flat surface they can find. Last year when we bought the house we’ve been renovating.. we counted over thirty nests in light fixtures, and in every nook and cranny available to the tiny little guys.

Don’t get me wrong.. I love swallows, to watch them swoop and do their graceful  aerobatics is amazing.. and word has it they are good luck.. One swallow is good luck.. thirty nests, eight eggs per nest.. doing the math.. I think that’s a little too much luck even for overachievers such as us. If we can get the nests down before there are ‘people’ in them.. fine.. if not…holy moly.. that’s a whole bunchalotta birds and their ‘evidence’.

We decided to give Sofia a job. Have been looking for the perfect chore for her, as all the fetching and carrying goes in one dober-ear and out the other. And wasn’t it someone on this forum who told me that Dobermans need jobs? And a tired puppy is a happy puppy ( see I read them !!)

With only a little direction she was able to stave off an entire flock. From inside the house as she was watching us paint, she could hear the churble ( it’s a word) of their arrival. ( remember they are carrying mud and sticks in their mouths getting ready to plaster the walls with it.. ) One little churble and up and out the door she would go.. racing full speed around the entire perimeter of the house.. and it’s a pretty big house.. never a woof.. never a  growl.. just running as fast as she could corner and bracing herself as high as she could on the walls. The swallows never swooped her and were quick to warn the others to “flee… fly… go find another house in which to raise your children.. This one has a dog!”

I’ve never seen Sofia so focused and in touch with her working dog mentality.. what fun she had and I’ve posted some pictures for your amusement…

The Swallows  were not amused….

 I SEE YOU!!

You can run but you cannot hide!

I can stare you down if necessary

HaHAH!! Begone you tiny creatures!!

maybe they'e over here!!