Date: 9/16/25 10:55 am From: Thomas M Leschine via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Vaux's Swifts over Seattle
This morning at about 9:30 am I spotted a flurry of Vaux’s Swifts over West Queen Anne, Seattle, where I live. I tried to count, by and large failing, but my rough estimate is “dozens”, seen over a period of no more than 5-10 minutes. I took some quick photos, a few showing 8 or 9 birds in the same frame. Their general direction of flight seemed to be southeast and they soon were gone.
In years past I’ve spotted other small groups of Vaux’s Swifts passing overhead at WQA, always about this time of year. I never see them from this location at other times so I assume these are fall migrants. This was by far the most I’ve seen on a single occasion at WQA.
There have been a few bats in the air as well on recent evenings.
Tom Leschine
Seattle
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