FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Re: Cliff Swallows return

["Mary J. Erwin" <maryerwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday (4-27-02) while birding with Judy Roach, Loraine Hale and Bert Hale 
in the River Bend area downstream from the weir, we saw Cliff swallows flying 
around the Hwy 44? bridge that crosses the S. Fork of Holston.  

Mary Erwin

-----Original Message-----
From:   Wallace Coffey [SMTP:jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Monday, April 29, 2002 8:54 PM
To:     1-A Bristol-Birds
Subject:        [bristol-birds] Cliff Swallows return


Bristol-Birders:
The Cliff Swallows of Cappucaino retuned in great style last week.
On Friday, while birding at Emmet Bridge which the highway crosses just below 
the downstream tip of Osceola Island near the Weir Dam, there were an estimated 
300 or more Cliff Swallows swarming like nats over the South Fork Holston River.
Scores of them were flying in an out of the hundreds of Cliff Swallow nests 
which remain beneath the bridge from last year's breeding season.
On Saturday, during the Herndon TOS Chapter annual spring count, not one bird 
could be located in the area.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol



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