Take It To The Bank

Dateline: July 2022

Lot of recent swallow activity out at Gull Point, Presque Isle State Park. Populations seem highly transient – first Tree Swallow and Barn Swallow, then Bank Swallow. (Northern Rough-winged Swallow spotted in the spring over Misery Bay.)

Mid-week last week, early AM – potentially hundreds of Bank Swallow, with a few Barn and Tree:

Bank Swallow @ flight
Swallow takeoff, Bank and Barn
Tiered flight
More in flight

Perched on the observation platform rope fence:

Perhaps female Tree Swallow on the right:

Barn Swallow on the left (although atypical coloration?):

Bank Swallow takeoff