[Tweeters] MX monster roost

[Barry Brugman]

Nice video.  I loved the music.  The swifts make a brief, but impressive,
showing.

On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 10:53 AM Larry Schwitters <leschwitters at me.com>
wrote:


> I know Tweeters focus is on Washington State but………..Our Vaux’s Happening

> Audubon project has done well in locating the wee birds communal migratory

> roost sites in Western North America all the way down to the Mexican

> border. But have only been able to ID and monitor one roost in all of

> Mexico. Why, or is that why not? One reason might be half of Mexico's

> migratory Vaux’s are spending their winter nights

> at one location. Just got short exit and entrance videos and I've never

> seen anything like it. Got an almost local to do a first to last bird in

> count estimate that totaled 122,000. There are two large industrial smoke

> stacks there but only one was used. Word is that on nights when there are a

> lot of swifts both stacks are used. Here’s a link to an in spanish musical

> video of the town, with a bit of its history.

>

> Swifts show up about two minutes in.

>

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkfn2obIquQ

>

> Larry Schwitters

> Issaquah

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