[Bristol-Birds] Re: cliff swallow - unusual plumage
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Rick Phillips" <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>, "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:29:08 -0400
Rick,
Sure looks like a juvenile to me, too.
I saw juvenile Barn Swallows today in Washington Co., TN.
With the early spring we had this year, several birds took advantage
to start nesting early. We saw a juv. Junco in Shady Valley (McQueen
Gap Rd.) on Saturday, which was more than 2 weeks earlier than the
early date for fledged young provided by the Tenn. Breeding Bird Atlas.
The Atlas gives an early date for fledged Cliff & Barn Swallows as 25 May,
so we bested both of those, too.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Phillips
To: bristol-birds
Sent: 5/23/2012 11:55:40 AM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] cliff swallow - unusual plumage
Domtar Park
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee
May 22, 2012
I took this photo of a Cliff Swallow yesterday at the colony in Domtar Park in
Kingsport. It looks like a juvenile, but they shouldn't have young this
early...should they?
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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