Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:34:59 -0400
Reply-To: Nathan Klaus <naklaus@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender: Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: Nathan Klaus <naklaus@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: lots of barn swallows, Lamar County
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I've been treated to more than my share of barn swallows over the
weekend. Friday some really ferocious storms were moving in at dusk. I
have always enjoyed a good thunderstorm so hurried off to a good view in
some nearby cornfields. To my surprise birds were flying all around me
(it was nearly dark), I could barely tell they were swallows. The next
evening the storms came in a little earlier and 5000-6000 barn swallows
converged on the cornfields as the storms rolled in. Since there wasn't
a tornado in this storm the swallows improvised and created a huge
vortex of birds spinning around the field. A lot prettier and much less
destructive.
Nathan Klaus
Culloden, GA
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Nathan Klaus
Wildlife Biologist
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Non-game Endangered Wildlife Program
(478) 994-1438, (478) 994-3380 (home)
nathan_klaus@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
naklaus@mindspring.com
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