>Birders,
>
>Tim Leahy of Wisconsin and I birded the Central and North Okanagan
>valley today. We started along McCulloch Road at K.L.O Creek where
>VAUX'S SWIFTS were soaring overhead..Tim's 698th ABA bird.

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> CASSIN'S VIREO..Tim's 699th ABA bird!
>

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> BLACK SWIFT but we had to work for that bird. After about an hour
>of scanning one appeared low overhead..Tim's 700th ABA bird and my
>work was done. Congrats to Tim for hitting this formidable landmark.


Good work, but it begs the question, how does anyone get to 697
without Vaux's Swift, Cassin's Vireo, and Black Swift?

--Jerry <tangren at wsu.edu>