Hello all,
With the brisk East winds showing up at Van Wagner's today, I headed down
there to see what might be out over the waters. Arriving around noon
(surprise), I was greeted by the group that had already been assembled
there, as they expressed relief now that the lucky (horse) shoe had arrived,
they will see jaegers, or something rewarding. They had not seen anything
prior to my arrival.
Around 12:50 I did manage to pull a Parasitic Jaeger from the horizon way
out in front of us. The next three (together) Parasitic jaegers were spotted
around 2:00 by Brandon Holdon. The rain was off and on, mostly on, and the
distant horizon kept closing in on us, as more blowing rain approached.
Around 4:45 Eric Holdon called out that he had found several jaegers in hot
pursuit, of what turned out to be a Long-tailed Jaeger. That cluster ended
up to be a group of six jaegers, five Parasitics & one Long-tailed Jaeger,
continuing to chase and harass each other, but very distant. I was hoping
that the longer they chase each other and being up wind from us, that before
to much longer they could end up a lot closer to us. Hope as I may, that
isn't what happened. They broke off with all the chasing and did stay quite
a distance out there.
I decided to leave around 5:40 after being there for ten jaegers up to
then. I was to learn later that jaegers were still seen after I had left.
Directions to Van Wagner's beach; From the QEW (Burlington way),Take the QEW
towards Niagara,
going over the skyway, or Eastport drive (lower level) exit at the Woodward
exit, turn right (towards the lake) at Woodward and go under the QEW and
coming to stop lights at Beach Blvd.
If you were on Eastport Drive,(heading east from Burlington) you will turn
left at the lights at Woodward.
Turn right at the Beach Blvd lights, and head east along the beach until you
almost get to the Famous Hutch's fish & chip outlet. Park in the lot just
before you get to Hutch's.
Barry Cherriere
Hamilton Ontario
