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Bob Anderson found 25 Cave Swallows in the fields just north of Latimer 
Siding Road (a short road that runs east of Rte 13 and dead-ends at Rte 600, 
the 
Seaside Road, just north of the refuge) late yesterday afternoon - this is the 
same spot where up to 35 had been the week before, and where Karen Kearney had 
two dozen on Thursday.  Bob also found 6 Cave Swallows from the Winslow bunker 
observation platform yesterday afternoon.  These birds wander widely in 
search of food, but there are no reports for the Eastern Shore north of Cape 
Charles.  They roost in cave-like structures in the evening (in large 
hotel/condo 
eaves at Cape May), and so the bunker might be a logical place to look for 
Caves 
going to roost just before dusk.

Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
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