[NatureNS] Cliff Swallows

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From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:39:12 -0300
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I read that Cape Breton is where they are most common/faring best. The colony inside the nearby barn apparently has 24 “jugs”. But I don’t know how many are occupied. Perhaps the ones I saw today are breakaways from that group (speculation)?. 

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> On Jun 20, 2018, at 6:09 PM, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On 20 Jun 2018 17:50, NancyDowd wrote:
>> This came up rare on eBird so I will post here in case it is of
>> interest. Today the harsh call of Cliff Swallows at a mud puddle
>> surprised me. They were gathering pellets and ferrying them to the
>> side of a building:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877832992/in/dateposted-public/
>> There is no established colony on the peak of this unfinished
>> building as of now- just mud bits here and there so they must be just
>> beginning.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877827072/in/dateposted-public/
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/41116620870/in/dateposted-public/
>> 
>> Ally Manthorne reported an active long-term colony inside a barn not
>> far from here on eBird this June (while she was searching for Swift
>> nests). This is the first time I have noticed Cliff Swallows in this
>> area away from the latter property although I am quite sure there are
>> others here.
>> 
>> Nancy
>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co
> I noticed  a total of 4 occupied entrances today in the small Cliff Swallow colony in Louisdale, Rich. Co.
> Billy

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