Date: 03/19/2009

Number: 1

I could not believe it. Never have I ever seen such a large flock of
Blackbirds swarming in the sky during my life time. It was just a steady
flow of Blackbirds from the west landing in a corn field and on trees
bordering the field. Not one of them collided or crashed into physical
objects. It seems that they have inbuilt antennae which will not allow them
to bump into one another or other obstacles. Would it not be nice if our
means of transportation would not allow us to crash.

We took a day this past week to drive to Long Point Provincial Park to see
the many Tundra Geese migrating to the Tundra. Yes, and we did see 200
Tundra Swans flying over and landing in the marshy area north of Lake Erie.
Some people we talked to said there were days that flocks in the 1,0000's of
Tundra Swans were sighted during the last two weeks. But the Black Birds
stole the show for me. At the tail end of our show we were pleasantly
surprised with the landing of two Sandhill Cranes and two Great Blue
Herons.

Long Point Provincial Park, ON

Latitude: 42.6 Longitude: -80.4

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