The good birds keep pouring in (arctic birds and tropicals). While looking for Western Grebes off the east peninsula with my 30x scope I had a group of 6 winter-plumage Red Phalaropes were seen about 400 off-shore heading east about 40 feet above the surface. I estimated they were about 200 meters from my observation point. They all had plain grey backs with black outer coverts and on the longer three primaries; the underwings very pale except for gray edging on the primaries and secondaries. I do not know when the brown juvenile plumage changes to the gray plumage of adults (Sibley shows the brownish juvenile plumage only to October). The time for phalaropes was 1:46 am. The Cave Swallows flew by also heading east but closer in to shore, about 100 m., making it easy to see the pale throats eliminating Cliff Swallow; their time: 2:20 pm. They were weaving around a bit in the air but continued east until out of site, heading towards the Toronto Islands where they are likely to find more flying insects. Directions: Located at the end of Colonel Samuel Smith Drive which is the extension of Kipling below Lakeshore. The parking lot at the south end is free but often full from students from the Catholic school; but spots are usually available in the afternoons. Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043)