Subject: [Tweeters] BLACK SWIFTS near Wells Dam
Date: Jun 9 13:22:05 2005
From: Larry Schwitters - lpatters at ix.netcom.com


Jerry and Tweeters,

Having been involved in the field work to find Black Swifts nesting
sites and having read everything I can find on these guys, your
statement "also are cliff nesters such as they are in Colorado", really
caught my attention. If the Black Swifts in Colorado are using cliffs
rather than nesting behind waterfalls, its very important news that I
would like to learn more about.

Can you direct me to some more information on this?

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


On Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at 10:31 PM, Tangren family wrote:
>>
>
> This is a common assumption. However, the Black Swift is probably the
> most common swift in north central Washington. However, most of the
> time they are feeding at such heights that they are out of view of the
> birder. They can be spotted by sharp eyes looking straight up. In
> addition, under stormy conditions such as we've had recently, they
> also feed at much lower heights and become more noticeable.
>
> That said, I've seen them on several occasions skimming the cliffs in
> the vicinity of Wells Dam in otherwise fair weather--makes me wonder
> if some of our Black Swifts are not confined to waterfalls but also
> are cliff nesters such as they are in Colorado?
>
>
> --Jerry <tangren.family at verizon.net>
> East Wenatchee WA
>
>>
>> Dave Robichad
>> Victoria, BC
>> somegum at hotmail.com
>
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