Subject: Re: Black Swift plumages -Reply
Date: Oct 26 14:20:39 1997
From: Russell Rogers - rrogers at halcyon.com


Hi Tweeters,

In addition to what Kelly collected, there is at least one more recent
paper;

Marin, Manuel. 1997. On the behavior of the Black Swift. Condor
99:514-519.

Good Luck,

Russell

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On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Kelly A. Bettinger wrote:

> Hi Kas - There is very little out there on the nesting biology of black
> swifts because their nests are so inaccessible... but here are several
> references that might be useful, including an interesting article on the
> controversy surrounding the discovery of the first black swift nest. I do
> recall several of these papers discussing young in the nest:
>
> Farrand, John Jr. 1990. Discovery of the first black swift nest.
> American Birds:44(1)15-16
>
> Foerster, Kevin Scott and C. T. Scott. 1990. Breeding distribution of the
> black swift in southern California. Western Birds 21(1):1-9
>
> Foerster, Kevin Scott. 1987. The distribution and breeding biology of the
> black swift in southern California. M.S. thesis, Calif. State Univ. (Long
> Beach)
>
> Holroyd, G. L. and Tom J. Ulrich. 1993. Dark secrets: discovering the
> unusual habits of the black swift. Birder's World 7(5):22-25
>
> Knorr, O. A. 1993(1994). Black swift nesting site characteristics: some
> new insights. Avocetta 17(2):139-140
>
> Knorr, O. A. 1993. Breeding of the black swift in the Great Basin.
> Western Birds 24(3):197-198
>
> Marin, Manuel. 1997. Some aspects of the breeding biology of the black
> swift. Wilson Bulletin 109(2):290-306
>
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> >>> "Kas Dumroese" <dumroese at uidaho.edu> 10/23/97 04:52am >>>
> Fellow Tweeters,
>
> Anyone out there have any information on the plumage
> patterns/development/color for Black Swift nestlings? If no exact
> information, suggestions for where to look would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Kas Dumroese
> Moscow, ID
>
>