<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows have been recorded in the Puget Trough in January in prior warmer-than-average winters.<div><br></div><div>Steve Loitz</div><div>Ellensburg</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It’s January, so how can there be swallow at Deer Lagoon on Whidbey Island? But on this clear crisp morning…there they were. Several dozen of both barn and northern rough-winged working over the water and along edges of reeds. Close up flybys for me and other birders onsite. Have they been reported elsewhere in the Puget Sound Basin this early in winter?<br>
David Armstrong<br></blockquote></div></div>