Sunset At Rondeau and Other Things

With the warm weather, more birds are starting to come in.  Finally a few were at Port Lambton first thing this morning, since as of yesterday only a handful of the same birds from last week were still there.
This evening I ventured down to Erieau and Rondeau.  It was just nice to be out in the warm air. Nothing of note, but a Lincoln's Sparrow was along the R/R track trail among other things, and a White-eyed Vireo was along McGeachy.

Sandhill Crane at Sunset

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are now everywhere! (lol)

Marsh Trail at Rondeau is best when the sun sets, so I walked there.  Lots of Yellow Warblers among others.

Today word got out about a Swallow-tailed Kite SW of Chatham late yesterday.  A cell phone photo taken by an anonymous (so far) observer revealed a definite kite.  Probably migrating through, so it may be tough to find it again.

This past Sunday an adult Little Gull with a red ribbon was observed by many at Erieau.  It was certainly a curiosity!  Upon hearing about it I Googled[ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/8597644175/ ]the subject and up popped a link to a photo taken just over a month ago over in Pennsylvania along the lake. I suspect it is the same bird, not quite molted into alternate plumage!
Here is a photo courtesy of Genny Houghton of Sarnia.

I think maybe this bird somehow got caught up in something as nobody can offer a reasonable explanation for this ribbon.
Maybe the bird Steve and I saw early Sunday morning was the same one, but we did not notice the ribbon from our distance.

The sun setting over Rondeau Bay