Subject: [Tweeters] Violet green swallows playing? Practicing?
Date: May 24 14:24:30 2013
From: Stark, John - john.stark at bellinghamherald.com


I once saw a Western kingbird with fledglings, doing something like this
with a live grasshopper, seemingly teaching the young 'uns...

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On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:50 AM, ck park <travelgirl.fics at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Has anyone ever seen this before?
>>
>> *John Stark, Reporter*
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