Today while doing some early morning birding at my favourite little 'backyard' park, I watched as a flock of 10 Tundra Swans flew in from out over Lake Ontario. Because of the lighting conditions and my vantage point on top of the Scarborough Bluffs, I was able to pick them up with the binoculars quite a distance out. They were flying in from the south-east and heading almost directly towards the park, the swans then turned as they approached the shoreline and headed westward. They seemed a little confused as they flew along the shoreline doing a slow zig-zag as if it was the wrong direction. Too cool, this is my 3rd time seeing Tundra Swans in the past year from Rosetta, this sighting was a week later then the 2 previous sightings last spring.
Also today, hundreds of Robins, Grackles, Cowbirds, and Starlings flying overhead in small mostly mixed flocks.
Walter
