Comments on: Swallows nest in Japanese bathroom

By: fg

fg — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:04:34 +0000

Swallows came back to our old house every year.
Yeah they poop a some, but not a whole lot.
They prefer to build nests on white houses.
The fledglings are very cute.

By: Poe

Poe — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:15:43 +0000

I find these types of stories absolutely charming. It’s neat that people will let birds nest in their house like that.

By: gogy

gogy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:46:16 +0000

lol. i see you have no idea what you are talking about. we have their nest in our garage for almost 10 years now. i have to clean there only 2 times a month. thats is VERY CLEAN FOR BIRDS. in a fact hey are cleaner than our cat.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:36:40 +0000

Are they magic birds? Have you ever saw a Swallows nest? There’s bird poop ALL over. Birds are not house broken, nor are the young nest broken. What do you think is on the sticks in the top photo – frosting?

By: gogy

gogy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:00:18 +0000

nope. most japanese houses are build by materials wich cant breathethat means you have to keep the widows open or install the expensive ventilation.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:20:08 +0000

This is like a similar nest at Yorii rest station in Saitama.

By: gogy

gogy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:05:40 +0000

just in case but to have swallows nest on your house is a good omen in Asia. they bring luck. aside that swallows are very clean birds. they dont poop around own nests.

By: Rob A

Rob A — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:04:47 +0000

I can see the coversation now.

“Honey, the news will be here in a minute to film the birds up in the bathroom.” “Ok, hon, I think I’ll walk around naked and sit in the bath the whole time they’re filming.”

By: weirdo

weirdo — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:00:12 +0000

Open source house = linux.

By: radical pikachu

radical pikachu — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:37:46 +0000

Interesting, but then they have to keep window open all times. Open source house = open Windows ?

By: weirdo

weirdo — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:44:48 +0000

Do you think that Japan is the only country one with stupid tabloids or hypocritical media?

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:20:15 +0000

So a tv personality holding a box of condoms is bad, but a family bathroom full of bird shit is ok? Hard to see how that whole “wacky japanese” stereotype got started.