Monday 5/16 at Winton Woods (Hamilton county) I saw Northern Rough-winged, Barn and Tree on the lake, zipping and zigzagging around the banks on the near shore. Many of the Rough-wingeds were perching, but then taking off again. I did not see the Trees and Barns perching. All seemed to be flying well, with no detectable maladies.
Sorry to hear about your experience. I hope more don't succumb to this problem. Have pesticides been ruled out?
Similarly, last year in the news several hundreds of red-winged blackbirds fell dead or dying out of the sky in Arkansas. Don't know if they found out the cause of that problem.
Incidentally, in the 1980's or 1990's I saw several dead shorebirds, mostly peeps, at Gordon Park in Cleveland. I think it was ruled that the birds had botulism.
David A. Brinkman
Xavier University graduate student
Middle childhood math & science
Cincinnati, OH
--- On Wed, 5/18/11, R. Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: R. Cook <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Dead Swallows in Lorain county
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Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 12:31 PM
We spent the morning walking some of the trails at Sandy Ridge Metropark in North Ridgeville, and were disturbed at the number (6 to 8) of dead swallows (both tree and barn) along the paths. Others seemed to be so (weak?) they didn't fly more than a few feet before re-landing.
Since I haven't heard of any malady afflicting birds, I am assuming this spring's continued cold, windy, and rainy weather may have delayed the normal insect spawns enough to reduce the Swallow's food supply and be the cause of this ?
Anybody heard or seen similar occurrences elsewhere ?
Bob
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