Umm, is this the same subject? I noticed Tree Swallows nesting in the blue bird boxes in Kingsport along the "Green Belt" last summer. I don't know if the discussion here is over location or season... -----Original Message----- From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ehmorgan Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 11:03 AM To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia Gezz. It is still early. Pass the crow please. Yes, TREE SWALLOWS have been nesting at Laurel Bed Lake and the salt ponds for many years. I quess that's why you are the English professor Dick!! Ed Morgan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 7:55 AM Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia > > Richard, > Sorry about that - yes I did mean Tree Swallows. They were > certainly investigating the nesting cavities in the swallow boxes if > not actually building nests. > > Ed Talbott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard > Peake > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 11:52 PM > To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bristol-birds] Re: Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - > Virginia > > > Did you mean to write Tree Swallows building nests? Your date is > very > early, but Tree Sparrows nesting in Southwest Virginia would be a > fantastic > record. > Dick Peake > >From: "Ed Talbott" <etalbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [bristol-birds] Salt Ponds - Hidden Valley Lake - Virginia > >Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 22:38:21 -0500 > > > >We enjoyed birding the Salt Ponds at Saltville, VA today. > Highlights > >included Mallards, Widgeons, Coots, Great Blue Herons, Canada Geese > and > >Killdeer. The Red-winged Blackbirds and Song Sparrows were singing > as well > >as the spring peepers and other frogs. The Tree Sparrows are > building > >nests > >in the nest boxes. We also spotted a Red-tailed Hawk, several > Turkey > >Vultures, and a Phoebe - along with the usual species. > > > >We drove out to the GB Heron nest on the North Fork of the Holston > and > >spotted three Herons - couldn't tell if the nest contained any eggs > or not. > >After that we headed up to Hidden Valley Lake in Washington Co., > VA. The > >wind was ripping across the mountaintop and making for tough > birding. We > >did spot one small group of birds that contained two Ring-necked > Ducks and > >four Lesser Scaup. > > > >On Friday evening we spotted three Great Blue Herons in a 500 yard > stretch > >of river here on the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River - Buchanan > County. > >I suspect a nest or nests somewhere close but as yet we have not > found one. > >We will keep looking. > > > >Ed and Michelle Talbott > >Buchanan County Bird Club > >http://www.bcplnet.org/birdclub/birdclub.htm > > > > > > > >************************************************* > > BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST > > > >This is a regional birding list sponsored by the > >Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications > >between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia > >and Northeast Tennessee. 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