There are five species of swallow found in eastern North America. All five can be found in the Toronto area in spring and summer.
This morning at Humber Bay I came across a single tree which had about 100 perched swallows.



There were Tree Swallows,




Barn Swallows



and Rough-winged Swallows.

Many Tree Swallow nesting boxes have been added here this year:




Several birds were gathering nesting material:



Red-necked Grebes have already made nests on the man-made platforms:




and fish are being found:




Other birds:





































NATURE POETRY
Then, in God’s name, march:
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings:
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings. – Shakespeare
Miles Hearn
That was enchanting, thank you Miles!
It sure must be Spring! Thanks, Miles!