Subject: Olympia Vaux' Swifts?
Date: May 14 21:43:23 1997
From: "Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney" - festuca at olywa.net


Hi folks,

I just drove past Olympia's South Capitol neighborhood, about 45 minutes =
before sunset. There were a number of Vaux' Swifts flying in the air =
and they were pretty vocal - I didn't have the opportunity to stop and =
count, or to see where they might be roosting.

Have any of the Oly birders had a chance to check out the house that had =
the hundreds of swifts in the chimney last year? The 1996 flights were =
attended quite well by lots of birders, neighbor- hood types and a lot =
of "civilians" just checking out the crowd. It even made the Daily "O". =
Great opportunity for a little Environmental Education again this =
year.....

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net