Clackamas River Bank Swallow Colony Thriving in 2014
This is the third year I've enjoyed checking on the colony of Bank Swallows along the Clackamas River that Bill Evans first introduced me to. The bank continues to erode each year, in some spots significantly, but there appears to be decades-worth of fine sandy-loam-soil left, so hopefully this colony will persist at this location for many years. I find 70 Bank Swallows in the last image - a sum I estimate represents a one-third to one-half of the adult population. Twelve images:
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