Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Synopsis: No nests found, but this species has been observed visiting suitable nesting habitat (cliffs behind large waterfall) during the breeding season for many years at Salt Creek, Lane County. Also notable are records from another waterfall in Lane County (Gary McAtee, personal communication), and from Hell's Canyon, Columbia Gorge, scattered locations along the Oregon coast, and eastern Crook County.

Habitat Associations:
Associated more with large waterfalls
than with any particular vegetation type.
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Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (18994 acres)
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (90175 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (52969 acres)
Douglas Fir-W. Hemlock-W. Red Cedar Forest (105728 acres)
Mixed Conifer/Mixed Deciduous Forest (15085 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (13949 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (21323 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (1653 acres)

Relative Detectability: Among the most difficult birds to spot, and surely among the most difficult to confirm breeding due to the inaccessibility of likely nests, its large foraging range, its foraging at higher altitudes, and its habit of visiting its nest very infrequently.

Challenge: Search all large waterfalls for nests, especially at canyon and coastal locations, during early evenings. Confirm nesting at the traditional Salt Creek Falls site.