<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">We have a usual arrival of Violet-Green Swallows every Spring. They seem to have at least one nest in 4 or 6 homes on my street. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">They arrived as usual this year and I count somewhere between 15-20 (hard to get them to stop flying around) today in the sunshine, when they are more likely to scour the sky for insects. The nest usually fledges around early June, which gives me relief as those roof nest cavities get very hot. So, nothing unusual here this year. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM Steve Loitz 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"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Although I have not done any counts (thus this is purely anecdotal), the numbers of Violet-Green Swallows at White Pass and Snoqualmie Pass seem normal for this time of year. <div><br></div><div>I have noticed a trend of late arrivals, e.g., we saw no Clark's Nutcrackers at, or on the S side of, Ingalls Pass on a ski tour there on Wednesday, May 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve Loitz</div><div>Ellensburg</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM Larry Schwitters via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">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">Any or you tweeters spent a morning at Bear Divide? Tell us about it. Or maybe Ryan Terrell could.<br>
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Violet-Green Swallows coming across Bear Divide in March, April and May.<br>
2021 - 402<br>
2022 - 744<br>
2023 - 819<br>
2024 - 763<br>
2025 - 213 May isn’t over but 2025 has only been good for 4 so far this month.<br>
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Larry Schwitters<br>
Issaquah<br></blockquote></div></div>
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