>Last night on *Bird Talk* Kort Jungel, who accompanies the Evergreen Advanced
>Ornithology students on the annual summer trek to the Hart Mt. Refuge in
>South Central Oregon shared this interesting anecdote..
>
. . . a flock of +/- 300 birds covering the road.
>
>The date was Aug. 8, altitude +/- 4550 feet and it was late in
>the afternoon.. it had been hot during the day...
>You now know as much as I do about the incident..
>
>Care to venture a guess?

Well, I bombed out completely on the first *mystery bird*, so why not try again?

A bright flash of light in my head, the fog clears and what emerges from it?

A Cliff Swallow. I guess that has to be my guess.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416