June 29, 2005
Swallows at the Wetlands
This evening Joan and I went looking for shorebirds at the City of Davis Wetlands. In spite of some prime-looking muddy edges, we didn't see a single migrant shorebird. Instead, the highlight of the trip was the annual post-breeding congregation of many swallows. Amongst the hundreds of Tree and Cliff Swallows were at least 30 Bank Swallows, of which several were juveniles - great news for this scarce and threatened California breeder. Most of the birds were sitting and preening on the power lines, enabling me to fire off a few shots.
