[obol] Barn Swallows 2014
- From: Floyd Schrock <fschrock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOLINKS <OBOL@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yamhillbirders <YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:34:30 -0700
Just FYI for those interested in the annual Barn Swallow gathering in Yamhill
County... This week it appears to be happening again.
On the evening of Sept. 9 a sizeable flock (I estimated between 20 and 30
thousand) went down into a cornfield about as far east on the Grand Island as
it is possible to go. I hesitate to suggest that anyone go looking for it now
because it is very difficult to find a good vantage point. I hope (and expect)
that the flock will move to a "better" location as the corn harvest proceeds.
But for anyone who does want to take a look now, the roost site on Tuesday was
north of the east end of Grand Island Loop Rd., northeast of the Heiser Farm
Pumpkin Patch headquarters. If and when the flock moves, please inform the
group if you are the one to discover it.
Also it might interest some to know that Bruce Cousins, the Purple Martin
researcher on Vancouver Island, BC, has detected on morning weather radar what
he suspects could be Swallow flocks somewhere just south of Centralia, WA. Are
there cornfields in that area? Perhaps those birds will be joining the Grand
Island flock when the weather changes.
Floyd Schrock
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