[obol] Re: Barn Swallows 2014
- From: "Paul Sullivan" <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <fschrock@xxxxxxxxx>, <YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:40:45 -0700
Floyd,
We didn’t see your posting before we headed out to look for the swallows this
evening. Going down Rt 221 south of Dayton, we saw lots of swallows heading
EAST near Greenacres Rd. Nonetheless, we went down to Grand Island, and drove
to the far north end. We saw LOTS OF BARN SWALLOWS in the air, but no corn on
the ground in that part of the island. It looked like the birds were going
toward an area south of Greenacres Rd and East of Lambert Slough.
We returned to the Pumpkin Patch Hqtrs and looked down on the fields where the
birds have roosted the last couple years. Less than half of that bottom land
NE of the white barn/little railroad area is now in corn; the rest is plowed or
wheat stubble. We DIDN’T SEE ANY SWALLOWS there at all.
We didn’t have time to get to Greenacres Rd. before dark.
Future searches:
We can look at Portland weather radar 6:30-7:00 AM tomorrow for the flyout of
swallows.
We expect to go back to Greenacres Rd. tomorrow evening.
Another possibility is to look on the Marion County side of the Willamette
River, somewhere south of the mouth of Lambert Slough. Google Maps show
addresses like 159xx, 161xx, 162xx on Saint Paul - Fairfield Rd. (AKA River
Rd.) That would put you a mile from the Willamette River, but you’d have the
sunset to show off the cloud of birds.
Happy Barn Swallow hunting!
Paul Sulllivan & Carol Karlen
McMinnville
From: YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 4:35 PM
To: OBOLINKS; Yamhillbirders
Subject: [YamhillBirders] Barn Swallows 2014
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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