[obol] Tree Swallow Migrant Date?

[Darrel Faxon]

Tim,
    Same story her at Thornton Creek.  Once the young have fledged, the Tree 
swallows depart, usually are all gone by mid-JUly and sometimes sooner.

Darrel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Rodenkirk" <garbledmodwit at yahoo.com>
To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: [obol] Tree Swallow Migrant Date?


> It was interesting to read the exchange about the
> still singing WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, I am also still
> hearing them sing also in young clearcuts down in
> Curry Co.  Of course they are one of the later
> arriving neotrops, so it isn't surprising they are
> still singing and nesting I guess.
>
> That brings me to a topic under reported, the late
> dates for many neotrop species.  I have been working
> on a monthly bar graph for Coos County and I noticed
> that my past observations indicate that TREE SWALLOWS
> pretty much are gone by now, with only the occasional
> straggler reported.  I have been looking for them the
> past few days, and they seem to be absent from the
> north spit of Coos Bay where they were common but a
> couple weeks ago. Of course I am constantly tweeking
> the bar graph so I was wondering if indeed anyone out
> there has also noted that TREE SWALLOWS are usually
> mostly gone come the beginning of August?  They are
> one of the earliest species to arrive and as far as I
> can tell, one of the earliest to leave. So, if any of
> you have large swallow flocks in the neighborhood,
> check and see if there are still any Tree Swallows
> amongst all the Barns and other species- I am thinking
> they sort of silently disappear by now, with only the
> occasional stragglers here and there (some staying as
> late as December though).
>
> Thanks for any observations,
> Tim R
> Coos Bay
>
>
>
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