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Discussion => Behaviour => Topic started by: American Redstart on July 09, 2012, 01:16:01 PM

Title: Breeding bank/rough-winged swallows
Post by: American Redstart on July 09, 2012, 01:16:01 PM

Saw some swallows with brown backs, couldn't see markings to tell if they were bank or rough-winged.
Which swallow species is more common in summer in Toronto?

Title: Re: Breeding bank/rough-winged swallows
Post by: Brian Bailey on July 09, 2012, 03:00:31 PM

I'd say that rough-winged are more common but juvenile Tree or Cliff are other possibilities for brown-backed swallows at this time of year.  

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Title: Re: Breeding bank/rough-winged swallows
Post by: American Redstart on July 09, 2012, 03:56:41 PM

Thanks Brian.