Re: Snake feeding on cliff swallows SVP POSTER

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011, Dan Chure wrote:

> There was a poster in the education section of the poster displays that had a 
> photo of a snake feeding in a cliff swallow colony well above the ground.  I 
> cannot tell from the titles which pone that photo was in.  If one of the 
> authors is on the these list would he/she please contact me off list.

I was intrigued by your description and went looking for something along
those lines. You might find this interesting:

http://hoof-and-paw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bull-snake-fishing-for-cliff-swallows.html

"I pulled over at the Loma bridge fishing access site just outside of the 
UMBNM north of Fort Benton MT on Sunday afternoon around 4:30PM to 
photograph the Cliff Swalows tending thier nests. What I found was an 
enormous Bull Snake fishing for Cliff Swallows from 30 feet above the 
racing Missouri River. I observed it for over 2 hours slink in and out of 
about 5 nests consuming the chicks."