It was a whirlwind trip: less than 80 hours and over 1300 miles. The goal: see Niagara Falls. No time for birding. Yeah, right!
The falls were extremely impressive. Here are the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side.
And here are the American Falls, with a Maid of the Mist boat in the foreground.
Walking along the river on the Canadian side, we soaked in the views. I soaked in a few Canadian birds, too, so I was always running behind. And then this was the view I had of my family for most of the day.
The birds weren’t rare, but that’s okay. I love them all, from the little House Sparrow sitting on a lamp…
… to the female Red-winged Blackbird pausing to drink out of a discarded bottle cap.
I bet this Canadian-American Robin hardly ever gets a second look from passers-by as he forages for worms, with the roaring Falls behind him.
Cormorants were everywhere, posing on rocks by the Falls…
… flying overhead in flocks…
… and dipping in the water.
