[obol] Re: Clackamas River Bank Swallow Colony Thriving in 2014
- From: Maria Michalczyk <mariam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx" <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 20:37:32 -0700
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Maria Michalczyk
> On Jun 5, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> This is the third year I've enjoyed checking on the colony of Bank Swallows
> along the Clackamas River that Bill Evans first introduced me to. The bank
> continues to erode each year, in some spots significantly, but there appears
> to be decades-worth of fine sandy-loam-soil left, so hopefully this colony
> will persist at this location for many years. I find 70 Bank Swallows in the
> last image - a sum I estimate represents a one-third to one-half of the adult
> population. Twelve images:
>
> http://www.jack-n-jill.net/blog/2014/6/clackamas-river-bank-swallow-colony-thriving-in-2014
>
> --
> Jack Williamson
> West Linn, Oregon
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