There is a swallow’s nest outside right now with like 6 babies in it that barely fit and no room in sight for the parents. Do the parents sleep there too somehow or somewhere else?
A few years ago I saw the same with a robin’s nest and in that case, when the babies got bigger but before they could fully fly, they all moved into a nearby shrub but could only glide and hop.
Was that unusual or common to have a nest too small to hold the whole breed and parents?
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Nests are just for the babies. Adult birds typically sleep on a branch, or some other place where they feel safe. [Here is an example.](https://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/birds-sleeping.jpg) Birds don’t build accommodations for themselves to live in, they just do it for making babies, and when he babies can fly they are done with the nest.
Ed: If you go reinspect the swallow nest you may figure out where the parents sleep – it’s probably very near by so they can monitor the nest. If you get too close to the nest there is a very good chance the parents will come out and defend it, so don’t do that.
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