Black Swift, Boulder County

[Peter Gent]

All,

This morning I hiked up to Ouzel Falls in the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park.  The usual nest site was occupied by a presumed female Black Swift.  Also, I did not hear or see any Stub-tailed Wrens at Calypso Cascades, where they have been occasionally in past years.  One possible reason was the noise because there is more water now in the Cascades and Ouzel Falls than I have ever seen on many trips before. I also saw both Sapsuckers on the road in to Wild Basin just east of the large parking area where the road is closed over the winter.

Cheers,  Peter Gent.

Boulder.