<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We were hoping to document 700,000 Vaux’s Swift going to roost in what must be the species most significant communal migratory roost site this migration. Didn’t quite make it. Last night it was empty skies. With nothing going on in LA and not much in San Diego we're officially sticking a fork in our 2022 Southbound Vaux’s Happening migration. It was our Audubon projects 28th migration. We bagged a lot of swifts last year, our most ever. Got a few more this year. Here's the comparison.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">S 2021<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="832" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 624pt;"><colgroup class=""><col width="69" class="" style="width: 52pt;"><col width="75" class="" style="width: 56pt;"><col width="199" class="" style="width: 149pt;"><col width="55" class="" style="width: 41pt;"><col width="53" class="" style="width: 40pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="225" class="" style="width: 169pt;"></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr height="20" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td colspan="9" height="20" class="xl72" width="832" style="height: 15pt; width: 624pt;"><font size="4" class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">127</font> observers made<font color="#0056d6" class=""> 668</font> observations at <font color="#942192" class="">40</font> sites, finding <font color="#aa7942" class="">35</font> active, and documenting <font color="#ff40ff" class="">1,576,944</font> Vaux's Swift roostings.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">S 2022</div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="832" class="" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 624pt;"><colgroup class=""><col width="69" class="" style="width: 52pt;"><col width="75" class="" style="width: 56pt;"><col width="199" class="" style="width: 149pt;"><col width="55" class="" style="width: 41pt;"><col width="53" class="" style="width: 40pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="52" class="" style="width: 39pt;"><col width="225" class="" style="width: 169pt;"></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr height="20" class="" style="height: 15pt;"><td colspan="9" height="20" class="xl72" width="832" style="height: 15pt; width: 624pt;"><font size="4" class=""><font color="#ff2600" class="">135</font> observers made <font color="#0056d6" class="">694</font> observations at<font color="#942192" class=""> 58</font> sites, finding <font color="#aa7942" class="">50</font> active, and documenting <font color="#ff40ff" class="">1,636,762 </font>Vaux's Swift roostings.</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">Pretty consistent and close huh?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Larry Schwitters</div><div class="">Issaquah</div></body></html>