I wonder if these Barn Swallows are the same birds that Brice Matson
reported during the third week of January? Several swallows, unidentified
as to species, same general location. Hmmm...

Eric Kraig
Olympia, WA
mailto:kraige at oclc.org

>
> Hi;
>
> Today, 2/12, I birded Nisqually NWR. ...
>
> I was completely surpriseed by two speceis of Swallows. A single Tree
> Swallow at a pond also at the northwest corner of the refuge, and 4 Barn
> Swallows on the pond west of the parking lot as you head to McAllister
> Creek. The Tree Swallow was a surprise though not completely
> unlikely but I would never have expected Barn Swallows in mid-Feburary!!
>
> Good Birding!
> Steve Nord
> BirdingRanger at aol.com
> Olympia, WA
>