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Index of Subjects Just before I read this message I spied a BARN SWALLOW here about 3 pm. Sunny, but with a raw SW wind, and only about 5C. It did not stick around. Brian Dalzell Grand Manan, NB. ------------------------- iamclar@DAL.CA wrote: > All: > > Zoe Lucas reported another Purple Martin on Sable I. on 6 April, and there was a > Barn Swallow at the Shearwater Airfield yseterday(?). > > Out-of-season martins ought to be scrutinzed for possible tropical vagrants - a > few have occurred in USA. If a female, look for the pale collar on Purple > Martin, lacking on other species. Males of some tropical martins are pale below > - might look like female Purple, but are all-blue above. The Southern Martin > male is all blue, but is smaller and has a deeper tail fork than Purple. > > Just dreamin' > > Cheers, Ian > > > >
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