cliff swallows are much more likely in that area, and along the bridges
through the area, but as gary points out, the fact they are there in january
is (to me) pretty odd, especially given our recent weather issues...

does anyone know if we have a small colony that sticks around all year now,
or are these simply first-winter birds that never got the migration memo?

00 caren
http://realistatlarge.blogspot.com/
george davis creek, north fork


On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 14:02, Gary Luhm <gluhm at comcast.net> wrote:

> I saw a dozen or more swallows on the south side of Foster Island in
> Seattle while kayaking Wednesday (1/14) afternoon. I got pretty good looks
> at them and they all had a lot of rufous on the head and squareish tails. I
> decided they were all almost certainly Cliff Swallows. That they were here
> in January struck me as very unusual.
>
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