It seems to me that the chances of _Southern_ Rough-winged Swallow moving through here is far more slim, because unlike Cave Swallows, they are non-migratory and don't breed in the U.S., their range only reaching as far north as Honduras in Central American and Trinidad on the north coast of South America according to my admittedly old and limited information. FWIW, if you see a Rough-wing with a conspicuously pale grayish rump, a cinnamon throat, whose undertail coverts are thickly speckled black, and perhaps having a yellowish tinge to the belly, you have a candidate for Southern Rough-winged Swallow. Otherwise, like Northerns, Southerns are small swallows (slightly smaller) with a moderately notched tail, brown above other than the lighter rump, dusky on the breast and sides, and lighter on the belly. Have they been found in the U.S.? Recently? --Dave Nutter
On Monday, November 09, 2009, at 07:47PM, "Ken Rosenberg" <[email protected]> wrote: > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
