The last few weeks, southern Ontario has seen several appearances of Cave Swallows. Just today, one was found at the Erieau pier. As usual, I was elsewhere, and could not get there in time. I have tried looking for Cave Swallows in various places the last couple of weeks to no avail. Just my usual bad luck....again!
After looking at the pier today, I made a brief stop at the Erieau marsh trail. It was too windy for many birds, but the highlight was a late Palm Warbler.
Below is an old post from October 2010 during one of the invasions. Probably the biggest one at Erieau. We first saw Cave Swallows at Erieau in 1999.
Sand in your Eyes!
(Rondeau south beach)
The brutal winds of this week continued today.
The biggest Cave Swallow invasion ever to hit Ontario tallied more birds today. Erieau in south Chatham-Kent seems to be a reliable spot to see them this time of year, so that is where I started this morning.
Seven birds in this photo!
I arrived too early again, so I waited. I saw the first ones on the Bay near the Government Dock. Soon others appeared and I was up to about 15. The flock moved over to the gravel/sand piles so Jim Burk and I went over there amongst them. We tried to get some photos, and some turned out reasonably well. We estimated up to 30. Later reports put the total at 40+ in the Erieau area.
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