This afternoon there was a flock of Cliff Swallows around the antique barn at Westside Road and French. That’s north of McMinnville, southwest of Carlton. First I have seen this year. Barn Swallows coming and going from inside of the same barn.
North of that point just east of the next intersection (Meadowlake Road) there are a pair of Killdeer apparently nesting on the bare ground just off the highway.
In this photo you see several of the swallows, the one in the lower right-hand corner flashing his field mark rump patch:
Westside Road, Yamhill County, Yamhill, Oregon, US
Apr 12, 2020 1:00 PM
12 species
Killdeer 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Barn Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 30 first of year–under eaves of barn northeast of the intersection of Westside and French
Bushtit 1
European Starling X
American Robin X
House Finch 1
Brewer’s Blackbird X
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