Dismal failure...followed by triumph!

News of two Cave Swallows at Cranberry Marsh in Durham got me racing out the door mid afternoon. I knew the journey would be grim but it was a thing I had to do. Subway, Go-train and, finally, an ultra-boring and unexpectedly long trudge though the avian desert that is Ajax got me to the site about two and a half hours later. Is OK, never again! Of course the birds were long gone...AND I missed all the Golden Eagles AND the plegadis Ibis that flew in and landed out of sight (naturally) in the marsh. Great. An overnight stay with friends, including a long, cider-fuelled session at the local "cougar bar" meant I could try again this morning. And...there was indeed a Cave Swallow to be seen! Incredible, though the views were not the best. Couldn't get any video of the bird because it was a trifle too speedy throught the air. I did get some video of a nice Red Fox Sparrow though. Alls well that ends well as they say.

One moth was attracted to a lit window overnight - a Juniper Carpet.