This report included with my raptor survey, but thought it deserved a separate message as well. 1 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW seen well with scope (back seen, violet on rump, upper back green; white extending up behind eye and also into rump), perched on utility wire with many Tree Swallows (pasture area out Galice Road west of Merlin). Beats my previous early record (26 Feb 2009, Finch Rd out of Kerby). Dennis