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Originally Posted by creekster
She's on to something. As a kid we always had some swallows nest in our barn and we never had mosquitoes to any great degree chez nous, plus we got to enjoy their acrobatic feeding runs in the twilight.
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Yes, but what my dear, misguided neighbor doesn't realize is that our barn (as yours did) serves as an aviary for dozens of birds who nest in the eaves.
The real source of the increased mosquito population is, presumably, the flooding.