[bcbirdclub] Re: Cliff Swallows
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:02:15 -0400
Don,
Good find on the Cliff Swallows and good documentation with the photos.
Roger Mayhorn
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Carrier
To: bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Cliff Swallows
Today I located a colony of Cliff swallows at Osceola Island entrance on the
Holston view dam road bridge. The side of the bridge facing west has about 280
nests that look freshly built. The east side has about 170 nest that are older.
I cannot say how much older. They are dry looking and only one or two birds
visited the nests while I was there compared to the east side that was a
constant wave of fury. I am surprised no one from Bristol has ever posted Cliff
swallows here and even more surprised, if the eastern nests are from last year,
that I have not spotted the birds in the past.
The top left shot is the 'older' nests. The main shot is the western side of
the bridge, as is the lower shot. As you can see in the lower shot (notice the
dark brown line under the railing) all available real estate on the bridge is
taken.
Don Carrier
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