> I am surprised that there is only one confirmed nesting record for
> Washington. Wassink's Birds Of The Pacific Northwest Mountains, calls it
> a rare breader in the Olympics and in North Cascades National Park. He
> even has a couple of photos of birds sitting on the nest.

Did Wassink take photos of birds in the Pacific NW, or are they
just stock photos of BLSW from somewhere else?

> They gotta nest in the mountains, it is probably just that no one ever
> finds the nests right?

Right. Or, nobody really goes looking for nests.

Kas