I'm with Andrew. I see good numbers of VGSWs wherever I go in Whatcom County.
Plenty overhead in the downtown area, as usual.

Joe Meche
B'ham



-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Reding aareding at gmail.com

Subject: Re: Violet-green Swallow Absence



I am seeing them in large numbers everywhere I go - Scudder Pond, Red Tail
each, Lake Whatcom area, Blaine ?
Andrew

n 29 May 2012, at 11:38 AM, Barry Ulman wrote:
> I have hardly seen any Violet-green Swallows this year. I have two nest boxes
n both sides of my house. At this time of year I usually get groups of V-G
wallows flying around the house and checking out the nest boxes. This has
appened only once this year. We have had a few warm, sunny days recently when
here should be plenty of flying insects in the sky; in past years this usually
as brought the swallows around prospecting for a home. But not this year. Has
nyone else noticed a decline in Violet-green Swallows this year?

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.