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| Here is our British Columbia database for Barn
Swallow. It includes a selection of
noteworthy observations. If you have
additional records that would be important to include, please let us
know. We are particularly interested
in reports of large numbers at any season, records from the Fraser delta and
vicinity (January 1 to February 28), and winterish records for the rest of
the province (approximately November 15 to very early March). |
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| BRITISH COLUMBIA |
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| Date |
State/
Province |
Location |
Number
of Birds |
Observers/Source |
Notes,
Including Age of Birds if Determined, Direction of Flight, Behaviour |
Time |
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| 03-Mar-2005 |
BC |
Oyster
River area, Vancouver Island |
1 |
(Fenneman
2005) |
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| 28-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
7 |
(Kalman
2005b) |
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| 26-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Swan
Lake, Saanich |
1 |
(Ross
2005e) |
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| 26-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Vaseux
Lake |
2 |
Trevor
Forder, Richard Mooney |
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| 24-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
7 |
(Kalman
2005b) |
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| 24-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Swan
Lake, Saanich |
3 |
(Ross
2005e) |
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| 22-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
2 |
Graeme
Stevens |
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| 20 to 21 Feb 2005 |
BC |
Mount
Douglas, Saanich |
2 |
(Ross
2005d) |
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| 19-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
5 |
Quentin
Brown |
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| 18-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Rithet's
Bog |
2 |
(Ross
2005c) |
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| 17-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Penticton |
2 |
Fred
Waite |
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| 16-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
4 |
Robert
Lyske |
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| 14-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
6 |
Brian
Self |
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| 14-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Blackie
Spit |
1 |
Jo
Ann and Hugh MacKenzie |
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| 12-Feb-2005 |
BC |
MacDonald
Slough, Sea Island |
8 |
Ilya
Povalyaev |
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| 12-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
3 |
John
Vooys |
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| 08-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
8 |
David
Bradley |
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| 05-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Osoyoos
Lake area |
2 |
Eva Durance, Donna Heard, Doug Brown |
Road
22 |
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| 04-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Viaduct
Flats |
1 |
(Ross
2005b) |
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| 03-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Serpentine
River |
7 |
(Kalman
2005a) |
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| 03-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Elgin
Heritage Park, Surrey |
3 |
Ilya
Povalyaev |
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| 02-Feb-2005 |
BC |
MacDonald
Slough, Sea Island |
18 |
Peter
Candido, Mike Tabak |
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| 02-Feb-2005 |
BC |
Parksville
Community Park |
1 |
Guy
Monty |
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| 31-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Englishman
River Estuary |
1 |
Guy
Monty |
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| 30-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
2 |
Brent
Schmor |
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| 30-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
3 |
George
Clulow |
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| 28-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Englishman
River Estuary |
1 |
(Ross
2005a) |
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| 28-Jan-2005 |
BC |
100
Mile House |
1 |
Tom
Godin |
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| 23-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
4 |
(Cowan
2005b) |
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| 21-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
11 |
(Cowan
2005a) |
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| 20-Jan-2005 |
BC |
Gellatly
Bay, Westbank |
2 |
Bill Cutfield et al. |
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| 19-Dec-2004 |
BC |
Kamloops
area |
2 |
Rick
Howie |
Birds
were hunting along banks of Thompson River on a sunny day with temperatures
around 5 C. First winter record for
the area. |
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| 29-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Eaglet
Lake, Prince George area |
1 |
Cathy
Antoniazzi |
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| 14-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Brunswick
Point, Delta |
5 |
(Gehlen
2004d) |
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| 14-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
11 |
Rick
Toochin |
High
count for the month. |
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| 12-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Hanceville |
3 |
Richard McKay |
Immatures. Click HERE to view images of one of these
birds. |
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| (Ranson 2004b) |
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| 12-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Alexis
Creek |
1 |
Rick
Mumford |
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| 09-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Little
Qualicum Estuary |
2 |
Sandra
Gray |
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| 09-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Brunswick
Point, Delta |
1 |
(Gehlen
2004c) |
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| 13
Jan to 8 Feb 2004 |
BC |
Swan Lake, Saanich |
see notes |
(Saunders 2004a) |
Swan Lake: 2 on January 13, 4 on January 19, 7
on January 22 (all Chris Saunders), 2 on February 8 (Nathan Hentze). |
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| (Saunders 2004b) |
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| 08-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Somass
Estuary, Port Alberni |
1 |
Sandy
McRuer |
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| 07-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Boundary
Bay Regional Park, Delta |
1 |
(Gehlen
2004b) |
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| 01-Feb-2004 |
BC |
Delta |
5 |
(Gehlen
2004a) |
2
at Reifel Island, 3 at the Westham Island Bridge. |
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| 23 to 25 Jan 2004 |
BC |
Duke
Point, Nanaimo |
4 |
Sandy
Shaw et al. |
Up
to four birds present. |
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| 22 to 23 Jan 2004 |
BC |
Englishman
River Estuary/ Parksville Bay |
3 |
Donna McKean et al. |
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| (Gray 2004a) |
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| 22-Jan-2004 |
BC |
Clo-oose |
2 |
(Monty
2004c) |
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| 22-Jan-2004 |
BC |
Tofino |
1 |
(Monty
2004c) |
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| 18-Jan-2004 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
14 |
(Weber
2004) |
High
count for the month. |
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| 18-Jan-2004 |
BC |
Clo-oose |
1 |
(Monty
2004a) |
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| 17-Jan-2004 |
BC |
Delta |
2 |
Rick
Toochin, Tom Plath |
Community
Centre along Highway 10. |
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| 25-Feb-2003 |
BC |
Blenkinsop
Lake |
2 |
(Allinson
2003b) |
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| 19-Feb-2003 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
8 |
(Gehlen
2003) |
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| 17-Feb-2003 |
BC |
Tyee
Spit, Campbell River |
1 |
Jamie
Fenneman, Guy Monty |
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| 17-Feb-2003 |
BC |
Delta |
6 |
Rick
Toochin |
72nd
St & 88th Ave. |
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| 15-Feb-2003 |
BC |
Buttertubs
Marsh, Nanaimo |
1 |
Guy
Monty |
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| Feb 2003 |
BC |
Green
Lake, Cariboo |
1 |
(Ranson
2004a) |
Present
for several days, found dead on February 11.
Click HERE to view images of this bird. |
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| 31-Jan-2003 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
20-30 |
(Meredith
2003) |
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| 27-Jan-2003 |
BC |
Okanagan
River, Osoyoos |
1 |
Doug
Brown |
First
winter record for the BC Interior. |
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| 24-Jan-2003 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
12 |
Rick
Toochin |
There
had been numerous reports of smaller numbers there throughout the month. |
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| 21-Jan-2003 |
BC |
Near
the head of Ucluelet Inlet |
3+ |
Brian Slater |
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| 21-Jan-2003 |
BC |
Clover
Point |
1 |
Michael G.
Shepard |
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| 15 to 18 Jan 2003 |
BC |
McMicking
Point |
3 |
(Allinson
2003a) |
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| 05-Mar-2002 |
BC |
Blenkinsop
Lake |
1 |
(Victoria RBA) |
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| 04-Mar-2002 |
BC |
Mission
Creek, Kelowna |
1 |
Chris
Charlesworth |
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| 17 Feb to 1 Mar 2002 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
see notes |
(Vancouver RBA) |
3
on February 17, 8-10 on February 18, 10 on February 23, 12 on February 26
(Rick Toochin), 19 on February 28 (Jo Ann MacKenzie), 17 on March 1. |
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| 26 Feb to 1 Mar 2002 |
BC |
Serpentine
Fen |
see notes |
(Cowan 2002c) |
15 on February 26 (Calvin Gehlen), 1 on February
28 (John Luce, Ivan Kaderabek), 2 on March 1 (Jo Ann MacKenzie). |
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| (Cowan 2002d) |
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| 25-Feb-2002 |
BC |
Iona
Island |
8 |
(Toochin
2002c) |
Date
approximate. |
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| 25-Feb-2002 |
BC |
Beach
Grove Lagoon |
1 |
(Cowan
2002b) |
Immature. |
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| Mid February |
BC |
Comox |
a few |
(Hentze
2002) |
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| 19-Feb-2002 |
BC |
Agassiz
Slough |
1 |
Rick
Toochin |
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| 16-Feb-2002 |
BC |
Delta |
1 |
(Cowan
2002a) |
Southern
foot of 41B St between the Coal Port Jetty and the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty. |
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| 08-Feb-2002 |
BC |
Blenkinsop
Lake |
1 |
(Victoria RBA) |
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| 5 to 14
Jan 2002 |
BC |
Iona Island |
see notes |
(Gehlen 2002a) |
One present January from January 5, with two
there January 10-14. |
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| 13-Jan-2002 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
1 |
(Gehlen
2002b) |
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| 13-Jan-2002 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
1 |
(Gehlen
2002b) |
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| 05-Jan-2002 |
BC |
Swan
Lake, Saanich |
1 |
(Victoria RBA) |
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| 17-Nov-2001 |
BC |
Eaglet
Lake, Prince George area |
1 |
Cathy
Antoniazzi |
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| 16-Nov-2001 |
BC |
Near
Giscome School, Prince George area |
1 |
Sandra
Kinsey, Laird Law |
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| 14-Nov-2001 |
BC |
Cresswell
Road, North Saanich |
2 |
(Victoria RBA) |
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| 03-Nov-2001 |
BC |
Reifel
Island |
2 |
(Vancouver RBA) |
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| 2 to 3 Feb 2001 |
BC |
Westham
Island bridge |
2 |
Wayne Weber |
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| 7 to 13 Feb 2000 |
BC |
Reifel/Westham
Islands |
see notes |
(Weber 2002) |
12
present Feb 7-10, 8 on Feb 11-12, 1 on February 13 |
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| 11-Feb-2000 |
BC |
Judson
Lake |
13 |
(Weber 2002) |
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| 08-Feb-2000 |
BC |
Cowichan
Bay |
5 |
(Weber 2002) |
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| 08-Feb-2000 |
BC |
Somenos
Marsh |
3 |
Derrick Marven |
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BC |
East
side Skaha Lake |
1 |
Laurie Rockwell et al. |
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| Allinson,
David. 2003a. Victoria RBA. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on January 20, 2003. |
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| Allinson,
David. 2003b. Victoria RBA. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on February 27, 2003. |
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| Antoniazzi,
Cathy. 2001. Barn Swallow. Communication posted to NCENBIRD newsgroup
on November 17, 2001. |
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| Antoniazzi,
Cathy. 2004. Barn Swallow. Communication posted to NCENBIRD newsgroup
on February 29, 2004. |
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| Bradley,
David. 2005. Iona birds.
Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 8, 2005. |
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| Brown,
Doug. 2005. Road 22 swallows. Communication posted to BCINTBIRD on
February 5, 2005. |
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| Brown,
Quentin. 2005. Weekend Highlights.
Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 20, 2005. |
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| Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J.M. Cooper,
G.W. Kaiser, M.C.E. McNall, and G.E.J Smith. 1997. The birds of British Columbia - volume 3:
passerines - flycatchers through vireos.
UBC Press, Vancouver. 693pp. |
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| Candido,
Peter. 2005. Rosy-Finches, Snow
Buntings, Barn Swallows. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup
on February 2, 2005. |
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| Charlesworth,
Chris. 2002. Okanagan Valley (BC) Rare Bird Alert -
March 4th update. Communication posted
to BCINTBIRD on March 4, 2002. |
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| Charlesworth,
Chris. 2003. Barn Swallow. Communication posted to BCINTBIRD on
January 27, 2003. |
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| Clulow,
George. 2005. Barn Swallows at Iona.
Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on January 30, 2005. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2002a. RBA Vancouver, BC --
Feb. 17/02. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
17, 2002. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2002b. RBA Vancouver, BC --
Feb. 25/02. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
25, 2002. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2002c. RBA Vancouver, BC --
Feb. 26/02. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
27, 2002. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2002d. RBA Vancouver, BC --
March 3/02. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on March 4,
2002. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2005a. RBA Vancouver, BC --
Jan. 21/05. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on January 22,
2005. |
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| Cowan,
Larry. 2005b. RBA Vancouver, BC --
Jan. 23/05. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on January 24,
2005. |
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| Fenneman,
Jamie. 2003. Barn swallow. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on February 17, 2003. |
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| Fenneman,
Jamie. 2005. Barn Swallow. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on March 4, 2005. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2002a. RBA: Vancouver, BC for
January 6th, 2002. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on
January 6, 2002. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2002b. RBA: Vancouver, BC for
January 14th, 2002. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on
January 15, 2002. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2003. RBA: Vancouver, BC Feb
19 2003. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 20,
2003. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2004a. RBA: Vancouver, BC -
Feb 1, 2004. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
1, 2004. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2004b. RBA: Vancouver, BC -
Feb 7, 2004. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
7, 2004. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2004c. RBA: Vancouver, BC -
Feb 10, 2004. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
11, 2004. |
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| Gehlen,
Calvin. 2004d. RBA: Vancouver, BC -
Feb 14, 2004. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February
14, 2004. |
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| Gray,
Sandra. 2004a. Swallows still
here. Communication posted to
BCBIRDINGVANISLAND newsgroup on January 23, 2004. |
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| Gray,
Sandra. 2004b. Cloudy but we went out
anyway. Communication posted to
BCBIRDINGVANISLAND newsgroup on February 9, 2004. |
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| Hentze,
Nathan. 2002. Barn Swallows. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on February 27, 2002. |
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| Hentze,
Nathan. 2004. Bogged Down. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on February 8, 2004 |
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| Howie,
Rick. 2005. Re: Barn Swallow winter observation
database for British Columbia.
Communication posted to BCINTBIRD on April 17, 2004. |
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| Kalman, John. 2005a. The Vancouver Rare Bird Alert for Saturday,
February 5, 2005. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on
February 5, 2005. |
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| Kalman, John. 2005b. The Vancouver Rare Bird
Alert for Monday, February 28, 2005. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS
newsgroup on March 1, 2005. |
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| Kinsey,
Sandra. 2001. Barn Swallow. Communication posted to NCENBIRD newsgroup
on November 16, 2001. |
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| Lyske,
Robert. 2005. Iona wed. gate still
works. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 16,
2005. |
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| MacKenzie,
Jo Ann. 2005. Blackie Spit, Feb. 14.
Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 14, 2005. |
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| McRuer, Sandy. 2004. What a Great Afternoon! List Addition. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND
newsgroup on February 8, 2004. |
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| Meredith, Mitch. 2003. Vancouver VNHS Bird Alert for Friday, Jan
31st. Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on January 31, 2003. |
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| Monty,
Guy L. 2003. Re: Gulling today.
Communication posted to BCBIRDING101 newsgroup on February 16, 2003. |
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| Monty, Guy L. 2004a. List Addition: Northern Rough-winged
Swallow. Communication posted to BCBIRDINGVANISLAND newsgroup on
January 19, 2004. |
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