Hello all of you. As Su Snyder already posted we had four swallows migrating
south-west at Secrest in Wooster this morning. The birds, in the ten seconds
we were on them, Seemed to be fairly small, mostly pale on the breast ,with
square tails, fast wingbeats, with a twisting flight  habit.
These birds provide a problem for me as I would like to say they were Cave
Swallows just for listing sake. But rational thinking has brought me to the
opion that I will never know what species these swallows were. Anyway who
ever heard of cave swallows inland like this, they are all up at lake erie?
So they must be late cliff swallows? As it was the birds never paused in
straight line flight straight over head ( I was hoping one would bank around
for a veiw of the top side it was not to be.) This is what makes birding fun
for me something you don't see every day providing a challenging view !
    So here is my question; What do you look for on late fall swallows that
separates Cliff from Cave? Is it possible to ID swallows if all you have is
shape to go by?

Keep looking up Willis B  Woooster

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