A Very Windy Wednesday!

Birds were difficult to photograph during the storm, but a pair of Sanderlings stood still as the waves receded back into Lake Huron.

Waves crashing onto Canatara Beach.

Wave action on the St. Clair River.

This Common Tern was flying so erratically in the wind, that I missed capturing his whole body.

Strong north winds brought all 3 Jaeger species to Lambton County. These fast flying relatives of gulls breed in the Tundra but can be found on the Great Lakes during migration. Wednesday was my first ever opportunity to see these "Kleptoparasites" who steal food from other birds. Normally they are flying too far out over the lake to see with binoculars. Although still distant, I was surprised to watch them occasionally float down the St. Clair River!

In addition to watching the birds, I was fascinated by the manhole cover on the path between us and the river. Water was pushed up the pipe by wave action causing the cover to "burp". It was rather startling to hear when we first got there. 

We also had some inland damage when a neighbour's tree crashed down onto the back fence. Luckily there was no other damage! Still lots of clean up to do!