[EBB Sightings] Vaux Swift

EBB folks:

Yesterday I was thrilled when a Vaux's Swift flying over my house became 
my 102nd yard bird.  This morning, while I was watching, half a dozen 
more Vaux's Swifts flew east through Claremont Canyon.  These birds are 
very small,  have only a little light gray at the throat,  and have a 
rapid, "twinkly" flight pattern - as opposed to the soaring of our more 
common White-throated Swifts.   What a treat that they chose to migrate 
through our canyon!

Kay Loughman
in the hills on the Berkeley/Oakland border