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Index of Subjects I checked the bridge in Middleton yesterday and there were no Cliff swallows. Richard Sent from my iPhone Richard Stern Port Williams NS sternrichard@gmail. com On 2010-06-24, at 1:07 PM, Brian Dalzell <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote: > After finishing my BBS (Breeding Bird Survey) route near > Tatamagouche this morning, I decided to check on a number of swallow > boxes I put up near Brule a couple years ago. Of the 14 boxes, at > least 13 are being used. Looks like I'll have to put up some more! > Habitat is perfect, tidal salt marsh bordering on hay fields. The > adults are busy bringing food, but as yet, the young have not > appeared. > > If anyone is traveling through and would like to see a wonderful > assemblage of swallows, there should be 100+ Tree Swallows in that > area between July 1-10, which should see peak fledging. It is > located west of Tatamagouche, on the left as you are heading for > Brule and River John. The name of the lane is Cove Road, and in the > Nova Scotia Atlas it is on page 29, near Waldegrave. > > Also of interest at that site was a huge flock of American > Goldfinch, at least 150 by my estimate. I've never seen such a > large flock so late in the spring (or early in the summer, as it > were). They were feeding on some kind of grass heads that were just > ripening. I collected a few, and if anyone feels they can ID grass, > I would gladly mail them along, as I'm quite curious to know exactly > what they are. > > Other nice birds were half a dozen pair of Bobolink, with females > seen carrying food. The fields are due to be cut this weekend, so > I'm trying to find out who the farmer is so I can beg him to delay > (until July 10th). Also two pairs of lusty Willets flying over the > hay fields and salt marsh, six Common Terns fishing in the cove, > Yellow Warblers a-plenty, and at least four Sharp-tailed Sparrows > singing. Nice spot! > > Brian Dalzell, > Moncton, NB. > > P.S. There were more Tree Swallows (~40) present than can be > accounted for by the number of boxes. Perhaps these birds could not > find anywhere to nest, as there are very few nest boxes for miles > around. These were all adults birds, no "brown-backs" (year-old > females), so might be un-mated males. It was very cold in Florida > this winter, and males may have survived better than females.... >
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