I've seen Violet-greens just about everytime out during the past two weeks,
which I believe is normal for their fall migration here. Consulting my old
Birding in Seattle and King County I note that my bar graph shows VGs common
through mid-September, somewhat less common through the end of the month,
and scarce until sometime after October 20. Barns hang on a bit longer, with
the occasional December record.

Gene Hunn.

At 05:53 PM 10/2/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
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>Patrick Sullivan writes:
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>>at the Everett
>>S.T.P.
>(snip)
>>12 Barn Swallows
>>6 V.G. Swallows
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>Is this a location where these two swallow species overwinter? This is a
>heckuva long way N from where one would expect VGSW this late in the year,
>but one year I was down at the ponds in early November and found quite a few
>VGSW as well as BNSW there (sorry, can't remember the number, ~30, I think).
>As it's usually--not always--the Tree Swallow's arrival that precedes the
>VGSW in late winter here, that's the species I'd expect to see furthest N in
>the winter.
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