Date: 4/15/26 5:16 pm From: Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Bodega Bay & California Bird Atlas
Hi all,
David and I were at Bodega Bay on the 8th. We stopped behind Patrick's Saltwater Taffy store and noticed 2 N. Rough-winged Swallows - one sitting on top of the chain-link fence that surrounds the cement pad that has the fish sculpture and another going into an old rusty pipe in the wall of the cement pad (facing toward the Tides restaurant.) The one in the pipe stayed in there a long time and then it came out and they both flew away together. We are not sure whether or not it was just checking out a nest site OR if they are nesting in there. We probably won't be going back there anytime soon, so I am wondering if any of you that go out there more often (AND are helping out on the CA Bird Atlas) you could stop and check them out over the next few weeks.
with picture of the pipe included. This was at low tide, so could walk out there by the pipe. Not sure how high the water level is when the tide is up there.
