On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Regina Schieltz <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I saw 2 bank swallows today along with tree and barn swallows. An adult > tree swallow was feeding a fledgling. This is at least 3 miles from > anywhere that I know that bank swallows might nest. Are bank swallows > already on the move? > I think so. I had the same experience last Saturday when Larry Gara and I were atlassing in the Fallsville Wildlife area. Two Bank Swallows flew by us over one of the fishing ponds. I have never had them before and I don't think there are suitable nest sites in the area. I was surprised to find that we are past the OBBA II safe dates for Bank Swallows. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]