Date:         Sun, 16 May 1999 14:27:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Billy Dunbar <woodpecker@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Billy Dunbar <woodpecker@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rome creek
Comments: To: "Stephen P. Stewart" <sstewart@ROMAN.NET>
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;

Stephen P. Stewart wrote:
>
> Gabo
>
> Today I floated about 4 hours of Armuchee Creek north of Rome.   No
> spectacular finds.  I checked out four large bridges, no cliff swallows
> but many barns.
>
> What's the deal on North GA. bank swallows?   Have they ever been found
> nesting in GA?   I saw a pair of brown swallows, very similar to
> rough-wings, flying over a section of very rural creek today.  They
> repeated flew toward a particular steep bank and when I arrived there,
> there was a small hole in the bank, towards the top, smaller than a
> kingfisher's.  I did not have a book for ID, and was leading a group of
> school kids and could not slow down.  It was very interesting.  If it
> sounds particularly intriguing to anyone I may go back and check it out.
>
> --About 5-6 Kingfisher holes
> --many, many white-eyed vireos
> --heard one Kentucky War.
> --many wood ducks
>
> stephen
> rome
 
Stephen,
That would be a great find if they were bank, but I've seen several
nests of rough-wings in bank holes around rivers and lakes and beside
the road.  Let us know if you find out more.
 
 
--
 
                                             regards,
                                                     Billy
 
                     ^V^ Watkinsville, Ga. U.S.A. ^V^
 
   American Birding Association <http://www.americanbirding.org>
   Georgia Ornithological Society <http://www.gos.org/index.html>
[text/x-vcard]

begin:          vcard
fn:             Billy  Dunbar
n:              Dunbar;Billy
org:            Watkinsville, Ga.
email;internet: woodpecker@bellsouth.net
x-mozilla-cpt:  ;0
x-mozilla-html: FALSE
version:        2.1
end:            vcard