How many swallows make a Summer?
Where are all our swallows and swifts?
Joan
6/21/20244 min read
Ever since I first spotted my first swallow of the year back in late April, I have been scanning the skies looking for more. For sure , I told myself "one swallow doesn't make a summer." But where were the others? Would they never arrive? After that single sighting I saw no more, and the skies around St Etienne de Gourgas remained stubbornly empty. At last I spotted a few swifts circling the skies above our house , while a few days later a group of swallows darted and skimmed above the village houses in Gourgas. "At last", I thought," summer has truly arrived." But I'm afraid my optimism was short lived. Gone, it would seem, are the days when our skies are full of summer visitors. When I ask friends about this, they too confirm that they have seen far fewer swallows and swifts than usual. What on earth is up?