Subject: [Tweeters] Wanna see a Black Swift nest
Date: Aug 19 13:47:42 2016
From: Larry Schwitters - leschwitters at me.com


There will be only one.

John Puschock dragged his scope but no tripod up the trail and found the nest with a Black Swift sitting on it. My first thought was adult but it?s more likely a chick. John got some good photos.

Nest with bird is probably still there.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


> On Aug 15, 2016, at 10:37 AM, Larry Schwitters <leschwitters at me.com> wrote:
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> OK Tweeters,
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> Here?s more specific instructions.
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> Drag your scope and tripod up the 1.8 miles and 800 vertical feet of good trail to Keekwulee Falls. Swan tells you about it here. http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4986 <http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/nws/falls.php?num=4986>
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> You come out from under the trees and first see the falls. Go just a little further up the trail and you can see it a little better. This is your best viewing spot. Keekwulee should still have two separate falling streams. The nest is about halfway up and to the left. Not just to the left of the falling water but on the left wall that is facing the waterfall.
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> I will email a Charles Bergman photo to anyone who wants it.
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> Take your swimsuit. Pack a picnic lunch. Have fun. Don?t die in the water crossing.
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> Larry Schwitters
> Issaquah
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>> On Aug 14, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Larry Schwitters <leschwitters at me.com <mailto:leschwitters at me.com>> wrote:
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>> Tweeters,
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>> Black Swifts and their nests have been almost impossible to find in Washington and Oregon. I spent years at it including waterfall repelling and couldn?t find one. But Oregon?s Eric Horvath can and has found th ese secretive birds and their nests, lots of them. He?s got great optics and patience and persistence that is off the charts. He will also rappel and scuba dive after them.
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>> The first discovered nest in Washington State was and still is at Silver Falls up the Entiat Valley. It was discovered by two local women who?s names I?ve lost. This was during the Nature Conservancy?s 2003 adapt a waterfall Black Swift inventory project. Somehow a big deal wasn?t made of it and I didn?t catch it. Anyway there is at least one nest which can be really hard to see behind the falling water. You want to go when the water level is low. We know it was active in August of 2012 and August of 2013.
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>> If that's too long a drive for you Eric found a nest with an adult on it at Keekwulee Falls near Snoqualmie Pass. Charles Bergman and I went up there last week and got a photograph of the nest but the chick was probably too small to be seen.
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>> I believe only seven humans have seen a Black Swift nest in Washington.
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>> Larry Schwitters
>> Issaquah
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