North American fauna . ienna and Cambridge in Dorchester County onOctober 2, 1948; 5,000 in Baltimore County on August 29, 1903,and October 18, 1901 (F. C. Kirkwood) ; 3,800 on AssateagueIsland, Worcester County, on September 5, 1948. Winter: 200 onAssateague Island on February 8, 1938 (G. A. Ammann) ; 150 inthe Ocean City area on January 31, 1906 (F. C. Kirkwood) ; 50near Westover, Somerset County, on December 8, 1911 (W. ). BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia (Linnaeus) Status.—Breeding (see fig. 35) : Fairly common locally inthe tidewater areas of the Western Shore and Upper Chesapeakesect
North American fauna . ienna and Cambridge in Dorchester County onOctober 2, 1948; 5,000 in Baltimore County on August 29, 1903,and October 18, 1901 (F. C. Kirkwood) ; 3,800 on AssateagueIsland, Worcester County, on September 5, 1948. Winter: 200 onAssateague Island on February 8, 1938 (G. A. Ammann) ; 150 inthe Ocean City area on January 31, 1906 (F. C. Kirkwood) ; 50near Westover, Somerset County, on December 8, 1911 (W. ). BANK SWALLOW Riparia riparia (Linnaeus) Status.—Breeding (see fig. 35) : Fairly common locally inthe tidewater areas of the Western Shore and Upper Chesapeakesections and along the Chesapeake Bay shores of the EasternShore section (south to the Choptank River) ; uncommon and localin the Piedmont, and Ridge and Valley sections—recorded inBaltimore County at Herring Run and Dulaney Valley (F. C. Kirk-wood), in Harford County along Broad Creek near Pylesville () and Darlington (S. Mason, Jr.) and occurring along the 212 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 62, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. LEGENDCLIFF SWALLOW 3 Principal Range O Local RecordBANK SWALLOW Principal Range• Local Record Figure 35.—Breeding ranges of Bank Swallow and Cliff Swallow. Potomac River in Washington County (M. G. Brooks). Springtransient: Fairly common in all sections. Fall transient: Commonin the tidewater areas of the Upper Chesapeake section; fairlycommon in the Allegheny Mountain section and in the tidewaterareas of the Eastern Shore and Western Shore sections; uncom-mon elsewhere in all sections. Habitat.—Breeding: Restricted to areas near water with suit-able sandy banks for nesting. Transient: In the vicinity of openwater and marshes; also over pastures, agricultural fields, barrierbeaches, and other open habitats. Nesting season.—Mid-April to mid-July (nesting peak, earlyMay to late June). In Baltimore County, this species was ob-served excavating nest burrows as early as April 19, 1895 ( Fisher). Extreme egg dates (50 nests) : May 10, 1916, in theDistrict
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