[NatureNS] 5 Tree Swallows - Somerset NS

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From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 18:43:51 -0300
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I also saw some (~10) tree swallows rising up from the warm paved road while driving in E Dalhousie, Kings Co at noon today. First I had noted here.

Nancy
On 2015-05-02, at 2:22 PM, James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ron and great to have you with us! 
> Agreed is was great to see a good crowd of all ages interested in helping out with the project!
> 
> To recap, today at Miner's Marsh during the BNS/YNC Tree Swallow Nest Box Monitoring workshop we saw 3 Tree Swallows (one sitting on a box!), a Barred Owl which was seen by dozens of people (perched very close to the marsh edge) and 16 Painted Turtles basking. 
> 
> Last night around 5:00pm there was a flock of 19 Tree Swallows foraging over the Kentvile bridge (silver link bridge).
> 
> cheers,
> James
> 
> On Saturday, May 2, 2015, Ron Wilson <solidago123@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just returned home from James Churchill's wonderful Tree Swallow nesting box workshop at Miners Marsh to find 5 Tree Swallows flying around my yard and checking out my 2 nest boxes. These are the first in our yard since April 15th.
> 
> My sadness over the plight of returning Tree Swallows has lifted. 
> My hope is that 2 of these birds were the ones that appeared here on April 14th.
> 
> Thanks again for the interesting and interactive workshop James. I learned a lot and it was nice to see so many participants, young and old .
> 
> Ron Wilson
> Somerset NS
> 
> 
> 
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