[TN-Bird] Re: Cliff Swallow Nests
- From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, vbreynolds@xxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:44:01 -0400
The Highway 25/70 bridge across the French Broad in Cocke county officially
opened in the fall of 2010 and it already has 220 cliff swallow nests tucked
under the overhang. Modern concrete bridges are ideal for siting those clay
jugs. Have we reached the point where cliff swallows should be renamed bridge
swallows?
Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN
On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:19 PM, vbreynolds@xxxxxxx wrote:
> The nests of Cliff Swallows are most unusual. They are shaped from mud and
> look like jugs that a potter has rejected. For many years these swallows have
> expanded nesting along the Wolf River. This morning, Martha Waldron, Susan
> McWhirter counted more than 20 nests (Cliffs are colonial nesters) under the
> Walnut Grove bridges over the Wolf River, perhaps pushed further upstream by
> high water. Unlike many of the other bridges where they have nested in the
> past, it is possible to drive right up under them. It's worth a trip. Note
> that the nests are located on the sides of the spans where they don't get the
> afternoon sun.
> Virginia Reynolds
> Memphis
> Shelby County
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