Hi Again Everyone, After Al Wormington left the Erieau CAVE SWALLOWS around 12:00, I returned with Pete Read and Lance and Faye Allin. The birds could not be found in any of the 3 previous areas. The sun went behind dark clouds, some light flurries fell briefly and it got colder. I left for awhile to return later to the news that when the sun came back out, so did the swallows. Two of them flew quickly past the fish plant area and were not refound BUT at 3:30, the 3 searchers were finally rewarded with good looks of a single cave swallow near the pier, over the channel and finally around the trailer park. I'm not sure if there were 3 birds in the immediate area but it would appear possible. I stayed until 4:30 but they did not reappear. Tonight's forecast calls for clear skies and COLD temperatures. If it is sunny in the morning, the most likely spot to find these birds would definitely be at the Erieau Packers Plant on the east side, right beside the channel. That's where one was roosting early this morning and where 6 of them flew around for the early morning almost exactly 4 years ago. Check the window sills carefully. Good Luck! Other good birds in the area today include: 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 1 im GOSHAWK, 1 probable HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and 1 SANDERLING. Rondeau Bay is LOADED with ducks, geese and swans. Bring a 'scope. Erieau is located south of Highway 3 between Blenheim and Cedar Springs in Kent County, at the end of the Erieau Road. The pier is at the far east end of the Erieau Road and the sand piles and fish plant are on the left hand side. The southern pier, the beach, the trailer park and the weedy area can be found by walking to your right.
Steve Charbonneau Erie Beach in Chatham-Kent, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Steve Charbonneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
