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Below is an excerpt from a series on the birds of Prince Edward Island that \u201cAgricola\u201d wrote in 1950. This one was published on July 22. According to COSEWIC<\/a> the number of bank swallows has continued to decrease nationwide. In 2018, they were upgraded to a threatened status, and according to Parks Canada, have decreased by approximately 98% in the last 40 years (Russell)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe last, and least known of the group, is the Bank Swallow. It is also the smallest and least colourful. ‘The little Bank Swallow (Cotile reparia), is a lustreless courser of the air, draped only in dull, mouse-coloured feathers. It chooses, however, the grandest home of the tribe. Sometimes it makes its nest in a low bank but more frequently in the lofty summits of the towering red cliffs that loom over ocean\u2019s surges, on the wild sea-coast. How airy and beautiful their ceaseless circling round the dark summit of the great sea battlement, while the billows surge, and lash, and thunder, and foam, below! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“_DSC5261r”<\/a> by pshanson<\/a> is licensed under <\/em>CC BY-SA 2.0 <\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“‘The birds dig their nest holes two or three feet into the face of the clay top of the cliffs. At the inner extremities the nests of grass and feathers are placed, having each four or five pure white eggs.’ This lengthy quotation is from Bain\u2019s \u201cBirds of P.E. Island,\u201d and it leaves little room for further remarks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This swallow, common in Bain\u2019s time, is now thought to be greatly decreased. It would help to settle this question if readers would send in their observations. There used to be a large colony of these birds on ‘Robinson\u2019s Island’ in Rustico Bay (1934). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Bank Swallow Riparia riparia”<\/a> by Mark Peck Bird Photography<\/a> is licensed under <\/em>CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 <\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Bank Swallow. AOU 616. Summer resident. Becoming scarcer? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Plumage: brownish-gray above; underparts white, with a brownish-gray band across the breast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length of adult: 5.20 inches.\u201d
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Sources…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agricola. “Newsy Notes.” The Guardian of the Gulf, July 22, 1950. Accessed May 29, 2019.
http:\/\/islandnewspapers.ca\/islandora\/object\/guardian:19500722-011<\/a>
Falconer, Miles, and Debra Badzinski. “Annual Rate of Change for the Bank Swallow between 1970 and 2011.” Chart. Government of Canada. May 2013. Accessed May 29, 2019.
https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/cosewic-assessments-status-reports\/bank-swallow.html<\/a>
Russell, Nancy. “Threatened Bank Swallows Get Extra Protection in P.E.I. National Park.” CBC News. June 08, 2018. Accessed May 30, 2019.
https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/prince-edward-island\/pei-bank-swallows-threatened-1.4696465<\/a>
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