[tn-bird] Cliff Swallow colony in small culvert
- From: Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: 1-A TN-Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 19:06:25 -0300
TN-Birders:
Here in Northeast Tennessee, we have a substantial Cliff Swallow
nesting population. In the Upper Holston River we have several
very large colonies nesting on bridge structures along the South Fork
Holston River and Watauga River in Sullivan and Washington
Counties. These colonies are over rivers and TVA reservoirs.
Today, during the Bristol Bird Club "13th of the Month" field trip,
we discovered a colony under a small stream culvert where Riverbend
Road crosses Beidleman Creek in Sullivan County.
To my knowledge, this is the first such nesting in a small, low,
culvert over a narrow stream in Northeast Tennessee.
Here the stream is about 20 feet wide. The colony had maybe
two dozen nests in two channels and the culvert is about 200
yards from the river. Barn Swallows and Eastern Phoebes usually
build nests in such sites throughout the region. The Cliff Swallow
nests were about 6 to 8 feet above the stream and built on the
sides of the channel.
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, Tennessee
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