The Chattanoogan, TN – Apr 4, 2007
Charles and Dreama Dean
posted April 4, 2007
Club officials have declared a winner in the March “Shot of the Month” competition sponsored by the Riverwalk Birding Club.
With a total of 122 votes in the public web poll posted here on Chattanoogan.com Outdoors, an overwhlming 51% selected “Wind Beneath My Wings” as the best out of ten entries.
Some of the voters commented, “Awesome pictures,” “They were all so good. Congratulations to the photographers. ,” “Thanks for letting the public vote,” “Great pictures,” “Super,” “All pictures were great,” and finally, “I went with Timber-r-r-r- because the name Wind Beneath My Wings makes me think of a song I do not like .”
You can view all of the entries here.
Harold Sharp says “If you would like to view these beautiful birds up close, drive up Amnicola Highway, turn toward the Election Headquarters building at the red light, turn right at the first intersection then right again on the first road, go into the Riverwalk Parking lot at south end of Amnicola Marsh. Look for a bluebird box on your left and another one on your right in the cul-d-sac, both boxes have Tree Swallow nest. This is where the photo was made. You should see the Tree Swallows near these boxes.
Tree Swallow are the first to return in the spring, Jan Chadwell reported Tree Swallows at this location on March 5th. They range in winter as far as Costa Rica, they nest in colonies like Purple Martins, they adapt easy to nest boxes around water or ponds. Underparts are pure white, upperparts on male are Glossy Blue-Green or metallic blue. We have boxes at Greenway Farm, near the Martin Houses, and several more along the riverwalk with Tree Swallow Nest. They line their nest with feathers.
We hope you enjoy them.
