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Index of Subjects --00000000000078028b056f1a0656 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cliff Swallows typically nest on the outside of buildings, and not inside. Anything different about this barn that would make it enticing for the Cliff Swallows to nest inside? On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:39 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > I read that Cape Breton is where they are most common/faring best. The > colony inside the nearby barn apparently has 24 =E2=80=9Cjugs=E2=80=9D. B= ut I don=E2=80=99t know > how many are occupied. Perhaps the ones I saw today are breakaways from > that group (speculation)?. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 20, 2018, at 6:09 PM, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote: > > > >> On 20 Jun 2018 17:50, NancyDowd wrote: > >> This came up rare on eBird so I will post here in case it is of > >> interest. Today the harsh call of Cliff Swallows at a mud puddle > >> surprised me. They were gathering pellets and ferrying them to the > >> side of a building: > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877832992/in/ > dateposted-public/ > >> There is no established colony on the peak of this unfinished > >> building as of now- just mud bits here and there so they must be just > >> beginning. > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877827072/in/ > dateposted-public/ > >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/41116620870/in/ > dateposted-public/ > >> > >> Ally Manthorne reported an active long-term colony inside a barn not > >> far from here on eBird this June (while she was searching for Swift > >> nests). This is the first time I have noticed Cliff Swallows in this > >> area away from the latter property although I am quite sure there are > >> others here. > >> > >> Nancy > >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co > > I noticed a total of 4 occupied entrances today in the small Cliff > Swallow colony in Louisdale, Rich. Co. > > Billy > --=20 Ronald G. Arsenault Halifax, Nova Scotia --00000000000078028b056f1a0656 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Cli= ff Swallows typically nest on the outside of buildings, and not inside.=C2= =A0 Anything different about this barn that would make it enticing for the = Cliff Swallows to nest inside?</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><d= iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:39 PM, nancy dowd <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">n= ancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo= te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"= >I read that Cape Breton is where they are most common/faring best. The col= ony inside the nearby barn apparently has 24 =E2=80=9Cjugs=E2=80=9D. But I = don=E2=80=99t know how many are occupied. Perhaps the ones I saw today are = breakaways from that group (speculation)?. <br> <br> Sent from my iPad<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 6:09 PM, bdigout <<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@sea= side.ns.ca">bdigout@seaside.ns.ca</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> >> On 20 Jun 2018 17:50, NancyDowd wrote:<br> >> This came up rare on eBird so I will post here in case it is of<br= > >> interest. Today the harsh call of Cliff Swallows at a mud puddle<b= r> >> surprised me. They were gathering pellets and ferrying them to the= <br> >> side of a building:<br> >> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877832992= /in/dateposted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.fl= ickr.com/photos/<wbr>150605880@N07/42877832992/in/<wbr>dateposted-public/</= a><br> >> There is no established colony on the peak of this unfinished<br> >> building as of now- just mud bits here and there so they must be j= ust<br> >> beginning.<br> >> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42877827072= /in/dateposted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.fl= ickr.com/photos/<wbr>150605880@N07/42877827072/in/<wbr>dateposted-public/</= a><br> >> <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/41116620870= /in/dateposted-public/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://www.fl= ickr.com/photos/<wbr>150605880@N07/41116620870/in/<wbr>dateposted-public/</= a><br> >> <br> >> Ally Manthorne reported an active long-term colony inside a barn n= ot<br> >> far from here on eBird this June (while she was searching for Swif= t<br> >> nests). This is the first time I have noticed Cliff Swallows in th= is<br> >> area away from the latter property although I am quite sure there = are<br> >> others here.<br> >> <br> >> Nancy<br> >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co<br> > I noticed=C2=A0 a total of 4 occupied entrances today in the small Cli= ff Swallow colony in Louisdale, Rich. Co.<br> > Billy<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>= <div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir= =3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Ronald G. Arsenault<br>Halifax, Nova Scotia<= /div></div></div></div> </div> --00000000000078028b056f1a0656--
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