Regrettably, I was unable to post this sighting yesterday, but I had hoped
some local birders would have thought to check out the tip of Point Pelee
again and not just assume they had to search elsewhere. I played a hunch
with my brother, and sure enough, found a very cooperative adult Cave
Swallow flying around the extreme tip at 1:15. The bird would fly around for
five minutes or so, then land on the sand and rest a while, until some
visitor approached too closely, and up it would go, fly around a bit more,
then land again. After a while Merry Macrae from Michigan arrived with a
scope and we viewed it at 20 to 40 power from about 40 metres away as it
roosted. It looked to be in bad shape, with something stuck to its left leg
that was hampering its flight. Finally I decided to approach it more
closely, and settled on studying it from 30 feet away, a distance that
didn't seem to stress the bird too much. I was unable to figure out what was
stuck to its leg, but had sensational looks at it. We left it still on the
sand at around 2:00. I was pessimistic about it surviving through the night,
but if it was able to, it should be easily relocated, I would think.
Randy Horvath, Windsor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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