FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Greene Co. Bank Swallows, Bobolinks

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FRI 27 AUG 2004
Toby Rd., western Greene Co., TN
D. Holt

Around 6:30 pm Fri. I found numbers of swallows along Toby Rd. in western 
Greene Co., in the flat bottomland along Lick Creek, in the vicinity of Scoot 
Mill Rd.

Species I could make out were Bank, Barn, Tree and Northern Rough-winged 
Swallows.  I didn't count, but estimate the total flock in the hundreds.  I saw 
three Bank Swallows well enough to feel sure of, but suspect many others were 
present.  

Also present were Bobolinks.  I observed a few perched in tall grass at the 
top of an adjacent hill, then a flock of nineteen rose up, swirled around the 
area, then dove and disappeared into the tall grass and weeds near the creek.  
Shortly afterwards the swallows were no longer in view either, around 7:15 pm.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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