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"Toutle River, Washington ... May 17, 2011

The Trip:    overcast and gray but dry ... went looking for Bank Swallows, which in the past had a colony at the mouth of the Toutle where it merges with the Cowlitz River ... this site was reported destroyed in the spring of 2011 ... found 3 or 4 Bank Swallows out over the Cowlitz, and their new nesting site. Species seen (in alphabetical order): American Crow ... American Robin ...    Bank Swallow ... Barn Swallow ... Common Mergansers ... European Starling ... Rock Pigeon ... Violet-green Swallow ...    Western Bluebird ... White-crowned Sparrow ... Bank Swallow ... MORE Bank Swallow images Click image to enlarge Bank Swallow nesting location, Toutle River, Washington. Image taken May 17, 2011. Canon EOS 60d, 200z. Western Bluebird ... MORE Western Bluebird images Click image to enlarge Western Bluebird, male (left) and female in nestbox (right), Toutle River, Washington. Image taken May 17, 2011. Canon EOS 60d, 200z. Click image to enlarge female in nestbox, Toutle River, Washington. Image taken May 17, 2011. Canon EOS 60d, 200z. HOME COLUMBIA RIVER IMAGES RIDGEFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLETE BIRD LIST WILDFLOWERS BIRDS of LEWIS and CLARK

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