[TN-Bird] Washington Co. swallows

Thu 23 SEP 2004
Westview, Washington Co., TN
D. Holt

About 7 pm today the pond by the barn on the Powell(?) farm was swarming with 
swallows scooping water by the hundreds and loading down the wires along the 
road.  Counting in blocks along the wires, I estimated the flock to be on the 
order of two thousand strong.  Except for two possible Cliff Swallows, 
everything I could see was Tree Swallows.  I watched for a half hour or so 
until the 
sun set, at which time the swallows all rose up together.  I paused for a 
moment to inspect a couple of sparrows (Savannah), and when I looked up, to my 
chagrin the swallows had all disappeared!  I finally saw about a dozen 
stragglers 
heading south.  I have no clue as to whether they were going to migrate at 
night or fly to a roost site for the evening.  If the latter, I would love to 
see that many Tree Swallows going to roost, I bet it would be a spectacular 
sight.

Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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