Hey birders,
A late evening lake watch yielded a great # of swallows. Between Col. Sam's
eastern bay and looking east to Humbay Bay Park area I was able to view well
over 1000 swallows. This is excellent given how our aerial foragers are in
decline.
Nearshore I had over 200 and I started counting the offshore #'s but gave up
after 300 and there were 3-4 times that at least.
Bank Swallows and Cliff Swallows formed at significant proportion (~50%) while
Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows made the other 50%. Interestingly only a
single Rough-winged Swallow was noted nearshore (though likely more were
unidentified offshore) and NO Purple Martins were seen.
Other birds - several Common Loon, 1 Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks and
Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Bufflehead, otherwise quite empty of waterfowl.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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