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On 5/27/2016 8:55 AM, Marg Millard wrote:
> some might find this of interest
> http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/swallows-swarm-home-during-bridge-repairs-over-the-bow-river-1.2919101#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=G3edMEi&_giguuid=7853e87ec0f3427786dfa649bb5d8419
* some western bridges have immense Cliff Swallow colonies - 15 August
2015 - Alberta: Highway 41/South Saskatchewan R(N side), 14.3 km NW
Burstall. 50.73152N 110.06888W TIME: 1905-1915. AIR TEMP: 14°C, light
overcast, windy. HABITAT: highway bridge abutment at prairie river in
deep shortgrass/Sage valley. OBSERVER: Frederick W. Schueler, Aleta
Karstad Schueler. 2015/256/pa, Hirundo pyrrhonota (Cliff Swallow). many
nests, calling, seen, heard. WAYPT/101, nests lining the many steel
beams of the bridge high above the shore - lots of droppings on the
bank, but not much calling or many birds seen, as if they've left for
migration.
fred.
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