Jim,

Here's the number of roosting Vaux's the last 4 nights at the four closest major roosts north of Woodland.
Selleck JBLM Chehalis Rainier, OR
9/17 238 8761 1413 2900
9/18 2337 7192 3206 2805
9/19 2373 4691 718 6680
9/20 2747 8034 469 5491

I would suspect a lot of the swifts you saw came out of our new site in Rainier.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


> On Sep 21, 2019, at 3:45 PM, Jim Danzenbaker <jdanzenbaker at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> Hi Tweeters,

>

> It was time to check for Turkey Vulture migration at the north end of Woodland Bottoms, Cowlitz County so I parked myself there with the following 4 hour results:

>

> Turkey Vulture: 253 (largest kettle was 44)

> Peregrine: 3

> Northern Harrier: 7

> Red-tailed Hawk: 6-15 (who knows how many were really there as many would get up, fly around, and descend again)

> Osprey: 3

> Cooper's Hawk: 1

> Bald Eagle: 3

>

> I was blown away by the number of migrating Vaux's Swifts at this location. I conservatively estimated and ebirded a total of 1,352 but I figure that for every swift I saw, 3 or 4 more got by without being counted (you have to look away from the swifts to look at the vultures!). That would bring the total to around 4000-5200. There were probably about 20 birds cruising by every minute. 20 x 240 minutes is 4800. Every time I scoped a raptor, there would be at least 20 swifts flying through the field of view.

>

> Larry Schwitters - any decrease in the number of roosting swifts in your area over the last several days?

>

> Keep your eyes and ears skyward.

>

> Jim

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