[Tweeters] swallows depart as geese arrive

[Bob Sundstrom]

Tweets,

 

Yesterday, Oct. 10, a flock of roughly 200 Violet-green Swallows swarmed
over our hayfield and along upper Scatter Creek.  This follows a typical
annual pattern here of large flocks of VGs moving through in early October,
several weeks after most of the summer-long VGs have disappeared.  I expect
this was the last we'll see of them for five months.  The same afternoon, we
heard and then saw our first local flock of Cackling Geese, roughly 60-70
birds passing over the same area the swallows just vacated.

 

Good birding, Bob

 

Bob Sundstrom

Tenino, WA

ixoreus at scattercreek.com

 

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