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From: smcruer at mail.island.net (John A.(Sandy) McRuer, RPF)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999

Having just got back from my breeding bird survey and being dissappointed
in finding no swallows, I thought I'd look into it. Come to think of it I
have seen very few swallows this year. They seemed to show up on time and
then slowly dissapeared. I asked a birding buddy about it today and he
agreed. He added another thoughtful comment. Perhaps with all the cold
weather there are fewer bugs for them to feed on. So they arrived and
starved. He just came back to Vancouver Island from a trip to the southern
Cariboo and noted that the bugs weren't bad at all. Has any one else
noticed this? Or am I as usual out to lunch?

Sandy McRuer
Port Alberni, Vancouver Island.
John A. (Sandy) McRuer, RPF
4728 Southgate Road
Port Alberni B.C.
V9Y 5K6
250-723-2452 or 723-5436