Subject: Vaux's & Black Swifts
Date: Jul 24 22:13:38 2002
From: Larry Cowan - lawrencecowan at shaw.ca


Paul wrote:
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>Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:04:32 -0700 (PDT)
>From: ian paulsen <ipaulsen at krl.org>
>To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: SWIFTS in August
>
>HI ALL:
> An out-of-state birding is thinking about a trip to western WA and
>Vancouver, B.C. area next month and was wondering about finding Vaux's and
>Black Swifts. Does anyone know reliable locations for these species in the
>DRY weather of August?
>sincerely
>
>Ian Paulsen
>Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
>ipaulsen at krl.org
>A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
>"Rallidae all the way"
>


I checked my records and I have had Vaux's Swift into the middle of
September & Black Swift till Aug. 17 in the Vancouver, BC area

If your visitor hasn't seen a Crested Myna he'd better take this
opportunity. We may be down to "one" bird. This may be the Mynas swan song
year.

Larry Cowan
Port Coquitlam, BC