The famed swallows of San Juan Capistrano in California are eschewing their normal haunts. The solution? Play mating calls with the hope that the Cliff Swallows will be enticed to return!
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
This made me so sad! Song of the Swallow was a favorite childhood book of mine! I wish them luck in their efforts to restore the migration to the mission!