Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia
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Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
WINTER: NO RECORDS.
SUMMER: Uncommon to Very Common Resident. Abundance depends on variable amount of preferred habitat available in any given year. Two hundred pairs in 1987 when construction at Byrd Locks & Dam temporarily created additional preferred habitat (WA, JF, MG). An estimated 250 pairs on 06 July 1996 at a sand/gravel pit at Gallipolis Ferry, Mason County, WV (WA) has been present through 2004. Colony present at Kyger Creek Power Plant in 2004 and 2005 and Gavin Power Plant from 2004 to 2011 (pers. commication, DA)
MIGRATION:
Spring: Uncommon to Fairly Common Migrant from early April to early May. Early dates, 27 March 1948 ( Edeburn et al. 1960); 03 April 1961 (WA); 07 April 2006 (WA); 08 April 1973 (HS) and 2010 (WA); 09 April 2011 (DP); 10 April 2004 (WA, MG, HS); 14 April 2005 (WA, MG).
Fall: Uncommon to Common Migrant from early August to early September. Late dates, 17 September 1979 (HS); 03 September 1972 (HS); 02 September 2002 (BD, GR).
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