Dear Dr. Safran et al., There is a Barn Swallow currently completing its nest on the light fixture outside my door on a third floor apartment in Colorado Springs, the Oasis Apartments. This is the third consecutive year at least one Barn Swallow has nested at the same location (2 pairs the last two years). The light fixture down the hall has had a visiting BARS pair but the pair hasn't started to build yet. Most of the apartment residents are gone during the weekdays and there are lots of breezeways with similar light fixtures in the apartment complex. The women who run the show here are very nice and they might be willing to let a swallow study occur in the breezeways but maybe not too since most of the residents don't like bird droppings on the railings.
Cliff Swallows have also started to build nests in and around the apartment buildings, one on the protected wall on my small balcony. Three years ago, the CLSWs completed a nest there and the next day a pair of House Sparrows evicted the swallows. The HOSPs started to visit the same nest last year so I destroyed it before they laid eggs but the Cliff Swallows are singing away from the shallow nest they started at the exact location and they are here every morning for the last week. Best, Bill Maynard Colorado Springs, CO -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Becca Safran Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:38 PM To: Colorado Birds Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [cobirds] looking for breeding barn swallows! Greetings! My research group is focused on comparative studies of barn swallows. We study this species throughout the world with fine-scale, long term studies ongoing in Colorado. We are always on the look out for additional populations of barn swallows. If you have swallows breeding on your property and don't mind supporting our research by allowing us to band and observe your population, we'd love to hear from you! Please get in touch by emailing [email protected]. Sincerely Becca ****************************************************** Dr. Rebecca J. Safran, Assistant Professor Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology N395 Ramaley Hall University of Colorado, Boulder UCB 334 Boulder, Colorado 80309 Phone: 303-735-1495 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/facultysites/safran/Home.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
