1 Max and Deb bundled up for some swallow sighting on the Onrust
2 Raising the sails for the trip downriver
3 Cormorants on channel marker 25, just off Haydens Point
4 Egrets on the banks of the Lord Cove Wildlife Area
5 Osprey in the Lord Cove Wildlife Area
6 We had plenty of company when we arrived at Goose Island to watch the swallows nest for the night
7 Hundreds of thousands of swallows start to gather from around the area to descend and nest in the marsh grass of Goose Island
8 Hundreds of thousands of swallows start to gather from around the area to descend and nest in the marsh grass of Goose Island
9 Hundreds of thousands of swallows start to gather from around the area to descend and nest in the marsh grass of Goose Island
10 The sky is thick with swallows from all over gathering at sundown in this one area
11 The swallows descend into the marsh grass for the night
12 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
13 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
14 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
15 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
16 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
17 The final murmurations create fluid and ever-changing patterns in the sky as the swallows play follow-the-leader and descend for the night
