[cayugabirds-l] RE: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

2020-07-01 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Very cool experience!

But, Barn Swallows aren’t always that great at what they do. Long ago in a 
place not-so-far-away, when I was in charge of the Cornell bird and mammal 
collections, I used to have regular contributors who brought in salvaged birds. 
One person brought in a surprising number of Barn Swallows. She related that 
she had on old, fat, 3-legged cat that specialized in killing them. It would 
lie down in the door of her barn, and when the swallows would swoop down and 
dive-bomb, mobbing, it would leap up and grab them.

My take-away: don’t ever turn your back on oldsters! We’ve still got some 
tricks left.

Kevin


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I had a wonderful experience while sleeping in a field near a friend's house 
about 30 yrs ago. Before dawn, I drowsily awoke to the strange feeling that 
something was dive-bombing at my face & veering off at the last second. I was 
in my mummy bag with only a bit of my face exposed. As the light slowly 
increased, I could hear & then see mosquitoes, one at a time, come buzzing at 
my face and then be neatly caught by a dive-bombing barn swallow. It was scary 
because the birds came fast right up to my face & veered off with a very narrow 
miss. I could feel & hear the swish of their feathers as they turned in the 
air. They never missed a mosquito & I was in awe.

Sarah Fern

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:30 PM Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come way up 
to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the nest and no 
apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go about wake hunting 
as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a sad day indeed in late 
August when I am mowing and the swallows are no more. What a gift the natural 
world.
Pete Sar

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On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:26 PM 
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A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all sides by 
shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and perhaps 20 total. 
Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn swallows in the mix.  
They were really really committed to seeing the hawk off. How would a redtail 
ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it possible.

Anne

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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

2020-07-01 Thread sarah fern 
I had a wonderful experience while sleeping in a field near a friend's
house about 30 yrs ago. Before dawn, I drowsily awoke to the strange
feeling that something was dive-bombing at my face & veering off at the
last second. I was in my mummy bag with only a bit of my face exposed. As
the light slowly increased, I could hear & then see mosquitoes, one at a
time, come buzzing at my face and then be neatly caught by a dive-bombing
barn swallow. It was scary because the birds came fast right up to my face
& veered off with a very narrow miss. I could feel & hear the swish of
their feathers as they turned in the air. They never missed a mosquito & I
was in awe.

Sarah Fern

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> Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come
> way up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the
> nest and no apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go
> about wake hunting as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a
> sad day indeed in late August when I am mowing and the swallows are no
> more. What a gift the natural world.
> Pete Sar
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>> A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all
>> sides by shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and
>> perhaps 20 total. Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn
>> swallows in the mix.  They were really really committed to seeing the hawk
>> off. How would a redtail ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it
>> possible.
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[cayugabirds-l] Re: [cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

2020-07-01 Thread Peter Saracino 
Anne I've had barn swallows nesting in a small shed on my property come way
up to the house and dive bomb my cat - and the cat was far from the nest
and no apparent threat! I love it when I'm out to mow and they go about
wake hunting as they catch the insects my mowing stirs up. It is a sad day
indeed in late August when I am mowing and the swallows are no more. What a
gift the natural world.
Pete Sar


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> A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all
> sides by shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and
> perhaps 20 total. Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn
> swallows in the mix.  They were really really committed to seeing the hawk
> off. How would a redtail ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it
> possible.
>
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[cayugabirds-l] Don’t underestimate swallows.

2020-07-01 Thread anneb . clark 
A red-tailed hawk just sailed over my house very low surrounded on all sides by 
shrieking and Tees-zweeting swallows, both tree and barn and perhaps 20 total. 
Looked like some slower flying, shorter tailed juv barn swallows in the mix.  
They were really really committed to seeing the hawk off. How would a redtail 
ever grab a swallow?  They clearly thought it possible. 

Anne 

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