In general, I've noticed a decrease in the amount of both Bank and Cliff
swallows seen this year.   Those few that I have seen have been nesting
later in the season...dunno if the weird spring had anything to do with it.

I have seen more Roughies this year...but it could be that I have finally
started to notice them.

Barn and Tree have been about the same. As have the Martin colonies.  I
have noticed at Lawrence Woods that the Tree Swallows stuck to one brood
though...where Big Island seems to be in continual production. They also
seemed to have started earlier there with their first broods causing
momentary confusion thinking they were migrating Banks. :-D

Happy Birding and God bless!

Steve J.
On Jul 7, 2016 5:19 PM, "Ken Andrews" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I made the short walk to the Chagrin River this afternoon at Jackson Field
> hoping to see the bank swallows nesting in the embankment/cliff across the
> river. There were none anywhere. I think the young would have fledged by
> now. But, there should have been some swallows there had then been nesting.
> The dirt/clay face of the cliff didn't have many holes in it compared to
> past years. And, the faces of the cliff looked very crumbly. They weren't
> as smooth as they have been in past years.
>
> Did anyone go to this location over the past few months?
> There was only one eBird checklist with bank swallows this summer. It was
> dated June 14 and reported 8 of the birds.
>
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