8 March 08
Swallows
Mary’s home. I went across the street for manure and to deliver turnips; she invited me for tea. We sat outside watching the swallow action.
The tree swallow was flushed by a car. Immediately its place was taken by my first barn swallow of the year. Yesterday I had my first rough-winged, and today at the bypass we saw our first Bigby violet-green swallows. The only one to get now for the year is bank, and that one’s going to be tough…
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CA has such a wonderful variety of birds. Makes me want to move there.