Hello from the west slope, This evening at Bauer Reservoir I found myself amidst a spectacular display of feeding swallows (over 100), promptly joined by Black Swifts, which hurled in and out like boomerangs on the strong breeze. Amidst the swifts was a single Chimney, which I took as a surprise in this part of the state and documented it. I observed the sort of "feeding frenzy" for over two hours from my position on the "Creek 41" road, and noted that the swifts would periodically leave all at once and head east up into the hills (likely breeding nearby!), returning after maybe 10 minutes. Just after 7:15 pm is when the huge swarm of, well, everything suddenly disappeared and failed to reappear for the rest of my stay there. A pair of Purple Martins was another noteable species that composed this flock. eBird does not show previous records of either Black Swift or Chimney Swift for Montezuma County. My eBird account of this event: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S46429731
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