Sunday, April 19, 2009

Hirundinidae Arrival

The main highlights today were the new arrivals, with a pair of Common Whitethroat at Dawson's Corner being the only new warbler, and all three hirundines hawking insects over the Mill Lakes. Sand Martin and Barn Swallow were the more numberous, with one or two House Martin thrown in too. Other than those, a single juvenile Cormorant was on a tree stump offshore of Mallard Island, a single Common Snipe was seen by Mud Island when it was flushed by a dog. A Sparrowhawk was being mobbed by a corvid at Mill Lakes, with another seen soaring high above Bluebell Hollow towards the end of the morning.

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