Apparently the front that came through here very early this morning brought the swallows. They were all over Pond Creek Marsh, powerlines near Grassy Pond/ Powells Lake, and the dam in Union Co had amazing numbers.
I made no attempt to count. The majority were Tree Swallows. Location: Sloughs WMA - Pond Creek Marsh Observation date: 9/16/10 Number of species: 23 Killdeer X Mourning Dove X Chimney Swift 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) X Pileated Woodpecker X Blue Jay X American Crow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X American Robin X Gray Catbird 3 European Starling X Tennessee Warbler 3 Northern Parula 2 Wilson's Warbler 5 Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Location: Sloughs WMA - Grassy Pond/Powells Lake Observation date: 9/16/10 Number of species: 22 Great Blue Heron 5 Great Egret 4 Turkey Vulture 11 Killdeer X Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 peep sp. 3 Mourning Dove X Belted Kingfisher X Red-bellied Woodpecker X American Crow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Bank Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X House Wren X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Gray Catbird X European Starling X Magnolia Warbler X Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Location: Uniontown Dam (John T. Myers Lock & Dam Observation date: 9/16/10 Number of species: 17 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Bald Eagle 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Pileated Woodpecker X Empidonax sp. X American Crow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Tree Swallow 500 Bank Swallow X Barn Swallow X Cliff Swallow X Carolina Wren X Gray Catbird X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Location: Sloughs WMA - Highland Creek west Observation date: 9/16/10 Number of species: 21 Turkey Vulture 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Barred Owl 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker X Downy Woodpecker X Pileated Woodpecker X Eastern Wood-Pewee X White-eyed Vireo X American Crow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X White-breasted Nuthatch X Carolina Wren X Tennessee Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 3 Northern Cardinal X Indigo Bunting X Common Grackle 250 American Goldfinch X This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson Co.
