Subject: [Tweeters] Barn Swallows
Date: Jul 17 21:48:25 2012
From: Joel Haas - haas.joel at mindspring.com


I think all swallows do this...taking newly hatched flies from the
surface. If you can't see them, they are midges (chironomids), most of
the time. If you can see them, they are mayflies. I have see this
while fishing. Perhaps there are other opinions.

Joel E. Haas
haas.joel at mindspring.com
Redmond, WA

On 7/17/2012 11:21 AM, Tonia wrote:
> I've lived along the Clallam River for 7 years. And spent entirely
> too many hours sitting on it staring. But this is the first summer
> I've seen the barn swallows do this in the river. Its like their
> skipping into the water like a rock would skip. Is this normal? Are
> they catching flies. The video only has them doing it once, right at
> the very beginning.
> <iframe width="420" height="315"
> src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uKtc-Z5t5FQ"
> <http://www.youtube.com/embed/uKtc-Z5t5FQ%22> frameborder="0"
> allowfullscreen></iframe>
>
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