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Index of Subjects Early today my husband and I were sitting out with our coffee and a small flock of birds - 20-30 flew overhead. I excitedly remarked to my husband those are swallows, Wow, we haven't seen swallows in years. What a treat. Then later a very strange looking bird flew over and the best guess we could make - not having binoculars- was a very small Great Blue Heron. I was disappointed to not have a better look because with all the unfamiliar Heron type birds in our area I may have seen something exotic. I'll be checking the marshes in the area more closely. Virginia Redden Port Howe Cumb co ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Richard Stern [sternrichard@gmail.com] Sent: 16 June 2009 18:57 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re rare swallows -- was Londonderry Breeding Bird Hi, I know one shouldn't extrapolate from single observer impressions, but around here I feel that this summer Swallows have bounced back somewhat. We nearly always have a few Tree and Barn Swallows flying around above our property, and the other day there were at lest 50 Bank Swallows - presumably there was a flock of flying insects. I have seen reasonable numbers of Swallows this summer elsewhere in Kings Co., including at the Pt.Williams sewage ponds. The bird that seems to be missing around here this summer is the Black-capped Chickadee! I can only find very few. Richard On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca<mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca>> wrote: Blake mentioned the rarity of a couple kinds of swallows, which prompts me to mention that a bunch of us on Sunday, June 14, were along the beach just west of Horton Bluff (east of Avonport and west of Blue Beach) and we encountered a flying flock of about 20 swallows that I'm guessing were BANK SWALLOWS. I'm copying to Sue Abbott and Larry Bogan, and Dennis Hippern was with us as well. Perhaps they can confirm or correct my guess as to what kind of swallow they were? Also I couldn't tell whether or not they were possibly associated with a nesting colony there? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com<mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com> ###################
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