I know that a tree swallow sighting would ordinarily not be remarkable. But this was Oct. 21st, and I have seen no tree swallows for two months. As I stepped out of the door of my house onto the deck where I had provided a nest box for tree swallows back in the spring, and where they had successfully fledged five young, a lone juvenile tree swallow glided in and landed on the deck rail two feet from the nest box. It sat there preening for a full ten minutes as I stood stock still, sacrificing the open door to the invading box elder bugs. Then it took wing and was gone. I was glad it was not there when later in the day a sharpie shot through and took a house finch from the same spot. Happy birding, John Todd
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