[EBB Sightings] Cliff Swallow near Seven Hills School--Walnut Creek

Greetings Hugh,

I picked up on your Cliff Swallow sighting (see below), to report that this 
year's Cliff Swallows first returned to Chabot College in Hayward on 
Saturday, 6 March 2010.  This is a colony of ca.1,200 nesting pairs.  Our eighth 
annual Return of the Swallows Festival to Chabot College will be in Earthweek 
on Tuesday, 20 April 2010; in the Cezar C. Chavez Plaza.  All displays and 
visiting service organizations will be available to the public from 10:30 am 
to 1:30 pm.  At Noon we award the prizes for our Art and Literature 
contests, with music and commentaries. The visitors receive the free 50 page 
booklet on Swallows plus other goodies. Field trips with a Swallow theme are 
scheduled for the prior weekend, Sat., 17 Apr. (Lake Elizabeth) ; and Sun., 18 
April - see Web Site: < http://ohloneaudubon.org/ >.

Phil E. Gordon
Hayward, ALA Co.

In a message dated 3/9/2010 11:00:13 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
hughrosita at gmail.com writes:
> I rode west along the Contra Costa Canal as far as the little orchard 
> near 
> Cherry Lane.  I found no birds there, but did see a Cliff Swallow flying 
> high over the creek as I returned.  This is about 1/4 mile west of the 
> north 
> entrance of Heather Farm Park and below the hilltop buildings of the Seven 
> Hills School.  The swallows nest under the pedestrian bridge every year.
> 
> Hugh B. Harvey
> Walnut Creek 
>