Posted by: atowhee | September 19, 2021

FINAL SWALLOW FLOCK?

Despite over an inch of rain in the past 48 hours most of the Fairview Wetlands are dry lands. In the far sityhwest cirner there was a shallow pool under the scruffy cottonwoods. The flock of swallows was busily feeding, and it could be my final flock here this year.

Fairview Wetlands, Marion, Oregon, US
Sep 19, 2021
12 species

Killdeer  3
Red-tailed Hawk  2
California Scrub-Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Violet-green Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  30

Bushtit  15
European Starling  3
American Robin  1
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow  4
Spotted Towhee  1


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