Over the long weekend I realized there are many Cliff Swallows nesting in between, at the top of each of the North side of the elevators at Collingwood Harbour. There are just a few on the south side of the elevators as well. The Purple Martin chicks are beginning to fledge from the colony box to the East side of the elevators. At least 14 of the 16 nests are in use. Several chicks had fallen from their nests and disappeared. Whether they learned to fly or became food I don't know.
For Chip Weslow, I watched and photographed a Great Egret feeding in a small inlet at the North end of Maple Street three times over the weekend. No tags seen but the bird still had long plumes. Take Maple North off First Street. The elevators are a part of the Collingwood harbour park. Eleanor Kee Wellman "All Things Wild & Wonderful" Box 823, Bala, ON, Canada P0C1A0 <mailto:keewell...@sympatico.ca> keewell...@sympatico.ca <http://www.eleanorkeewellman.com/> www.eleanorkeewellman.com <http://keewellman.wordpress.com/> http://keewellman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
