Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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 SWALLOWS

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.

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); 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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