Swallows use feathers as nesting material, and have a particular affinity for large, whit, fluffy
ones....

J. Acker
owler at sounddsl.com
Bainbridge Island, WA


------- Original Message -------
>From : ck park[mailto:travelgirl.fics at gmail.com]
Sent : 5/24/2013 8:50:56 AM
To : john.stark at bellinghamherald.com
Cc : tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject : RE: Re: [Tweeters] Violet green swallows playing? Practicing?

i have a photo taken at center for urban horticulture of a tree swallow doing the exact same
thing...? i've also seen gulls and crows doing something similar with larger objects...


00 caren
http://www.ParkGallery.org
george davis creek, north fork


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Stark, John <john.stark at bellinghamherald.com> wrote:


Just a few minutes ago on my way in to work at our downtown Bellingham office, I saw two violet
green swallows playing or practicing with a big fluffy feather. It wasn't one of THEIR feathers--
it was the size of my thumb, whitish gray, probably from a seagull. The birds circled the parking
lot, alternately dropping the feather, letting it float, and then snatching it out of the air
again. They did this repeatedly.?



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