[EBB Sightings] Barn Swallow

yup Vanesa cardui "painted ladies" do migrate up from the south, the huge numbers we experience a couple springs ago was from an exceptionally wet period down south. it seems exceptionally warm to me, i found a Pacific rattlesnake, Feb 17 in Round Valley

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Antioch, Cal.

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From: "Sharyn F. Galloway" 
> INteresting this is so early; likewise, the thought that the orange
> butterflies recently seen by Kay L. were thought to most likely be Painted
> Lady, which normally show up en masse around Easter, so this too is early -
> potents of what? Since I thought the barn swallows came from parts north of
> here ? Help  me on this Hugh; Painted Ladies definitely come up from the
> south, though, or else I'd say we're in for a warmer season if the plants
> down south are already drying out. Does this make sense sort of ? We're
> still waiting for Kay to look again for confirmation on which butterflies
> she saw; so this is a little premature of me to conjecture, I guess
> 
> cheers!
> Sharyn
> 
> on 3/12/07 6:38 PM, Hugh Harvey at hugros at poetworld.net wrote:
> 
> > This morning about 10:40, I found a single singing Barn Swallow on the wires
> > directly over the footbridge at the extreme north end of Heather Farm Park
> > in Walnut Creek.  This bridge crosses over the Contra Costa Canal.
> > 
> > Hugh B. Harvey
> > 
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