[wisb] swallows still at S Metro

Hi all:
On my way back to Deerfield, I spent a little over an hr at S Metro looking at 
the swallows from about 0945 to 1100..  The cold and especially the wind made 
viewing difficult (actually the viewing was easy, it was that danged 
identifying part that was difficult).  I saw the 3 swallows almost immediately. 
 At least initially,  they spent most of their time near the NE-most building, 
swooping in and out of the southernmost channel by this building.  I got 
identifiable but not satisfying looks at the cave swallow.  The tree swallows 
occasionally got well into the air where they would stall out into the wind 
before reversing directions, so I got good looks at them.  But, so far as I 
could tell, the cave always stayed low and was never in view for more than a 
couple of seconds at a time.  At the eastern end of the aforementioned channel, 
there is a pipe a few feet above the water line that has a lot of whitewash 
below it.  Obviously some birds roost there...perhaps the swallows?  Based on 
the area being to the east of where you can  stand, I'd think the afternoon 
would be the best time to view these birds.  Certainly not on a morning like 
this when the lighting was crappy and the wind was about 200 mph.

Greg Seegert
Deerfield, IL

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