[obol] Black Swifts

[Julie Van Moorhem]

Hi Folks,
Marilyn Christian and I traveled to Salt Creek Falls yesterday to  
look for the swifts.  We arrived about 0830, and I wondered if we  
were too late to see them.  After a little while I spotted one, but  
it was a while before we saw any again.  Then we saw four, relatively  
low, that provided great looks.  It was a lifer for Marilyn and a  
state bird for me.

Those falls are very impressive and the area around there is just  
gorgeous.  We had a good time wandering around the area. We had  
planned to look for the catbird at the Little Deschutes River  
crossing, but my car decided to conk out at Crescent Lake so we had  
to get towed back to Klamath Falls.  My AAA coverage is basic so the  
cost would have been $350.  Thank goodness Marilyn had the PLUS  
coverage so it didn't cost anything.  A little disappointing that our  
birding was cut short, but it could have been worse.  Birders are  
often in areas without cell phone coverage and no services--it could  
have been a LOT worse.  As it was, we only lost birding time.

Other birds seen at the  falls:  VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, BELTED  
KINGFISHER, CLARK'S NUTCRACKER (4), DARK-EYED JUNCO.

Good birding y'all,
Julie Van Moorhem
Klamath Falls