<div dir="ltr">Why not a Black Swift? I have seen them in Discovery Park (Seattle) in the past...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 8:08 PM Steve Loitz <<a href="mailto:steveloitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">steveloitz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">21 years ago, we saw Black Swifts in a remote part of the Olympic National Park during a mountaineering traverse. More specifically, the sighting was from a ridge top north of Bear Pass, on the Bailey Range Traverse, 2 tough days from the nearest trail. The BLSW Birdweb range map is one of several that may be incomplete because there are few experienced birders who also travel in the high mountains. I have never seen a BLSW forage near an alpine or subalpine lake. IME, a more typical BLSW ID is an aerial sighting far above the ground, usually from a high ridge, cliff or other area with great relief.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Steve Loitz</div>
<div>Ellensburg, WA</div>
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