Tweets,

Another good spot for Black Swifts is over Lake Cle Elum. I used to do
the BBS route along there and had them virtually every year in the early
AM. There must be good cliff nesting sites up at the head of the canyons
there.

Gene.

On Tue, 21 Mar 1995 STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com wrote:

> Jerry, I have no doubt the Black Swifts seen away from the North Cascade
> valleys I outlined before are there only on foraging stints. Their reason
> for being out in the shrub-steppe zone is most probably tied to cool and
> rainy weather near their breeding cliffs. Black Swifts nesting near
> Snoqualmie Pass probably undertake daily forays as far as Ellensburg if
> its rotten weather "at the pass." Boy, wouldn't it be grand to radio tag a
> few to prove this!"
>
> Andy Stepniewski
> Wapato, WA
>