[Tweeters] Monroes Swift Night Out

[Larry Schwitters]

When should Monroes Swift Night Out happen? Pilchuck Audubon was considering the end of August or first of September. Somebody suggested having it in the spring. Spring came and went. It was warm and dry. Migration was late and numbers wise our Vaux’s Happening’s
worst migration ever. But our Wagner observers documented the most roosting wee birds of any of the 31 sites that were involved. By far. 

Saturdays in May 2023.
13th 13 swifts
20th	29 swifts
27th	 7 swifts

Maybe we should have had it in June. Did we say migration was late?
June 10th 4800 swifts.

Southbound Swift migration was early his year.

Saturdays in August 2023
19th	0 swifts  Not quite that early. A thousand plus 3 days later
26th	106	      5 thousand plus 3 days later

Saturdays in September 2023
2nd	1  swift
8th	10

37,000 showed up last night in San Francisco.

Did we say migration was early?

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah