The barn swallow discussion is good. Numbers are down in one area and up in another. Solution? Ebird is a way to get a scientific population count. We are doing it for the birds?
Marv
Marvin Elliott
Rutland Town, VT
802-775-2415
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From: Nancy A. Brown <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Barn swallows
One more comment on Barn Swallows, here at Danby Four Corners there are as
many if not more than normal. The late freeze and abundance of rain did
not seem to have an adverse effect on the nesting. Snug as a bug in the
barns. The Clift Swallows on the other hand have rebuilt nest several
times under the eves of the Town Hall. With all of the wet weather nest did
not dry and kept falling down.
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From: "Marylyn Pillsbury" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Barn swallows
> I had usual number in So Hero
> Marylyn Pillsbury
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> Janet Watton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>I, too, have noticed their absence. There is always a thriving bunch
>>in my next door neighbor dairyman's barn, and "vit-vitting" all over my
>>fields all summer long. I saw a few of them earlier this spring (May
>>7) but have not seen them since, and I don't think they are nesting in
>>his barn this year…..
>>Janet Watton
>>Randolph Center
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