Ontbirders,
After school today I decided to head back to Lake Ontario to see if
anything else was moving with the strong winds. I went to
Green Rd, where I was told that 2 BRANT were just seen at the base of Fruitland
Rd. The birds were very close to shore when I
arrived, and gave me many good photo opportunities. See link below if
interested in a few shots:
http://www.peregrineprints.com/RBpage/brant2.htm
I almost fell in the Lake, however, when 6 Cave Swallows came screaming past
(flying east to west) right along the shoreline. They
came past at 3:45pm, and at 4:05pm, another group of 5 came quickly past on the
same flight line. Unfortunately, I had to leave at
4:10pm. I managed to get some poor shots of 3 different birds from today:
http://www.peregrineprints.com/RBpage/CaveSws.htm
Good Birding!
Brandon Holden
Hamilton, Ontario
www.PeregrinePrints.com
Directions: you can reach Fruitland rd. by taking the Fruitland rd. exit off
the QEW in Stoney Creek (between Centennial Parkway and
Fifty rd.) and heading North to the Lake. The Brant spent a lot of time feeding
on the rocks right at the end of the road. The
swallows were following the Lakeshore, and were possibly visible from other
vantage points along the Lakeshore.
