When I think of spring I generally follow the cliches related to flowers and birds, pretty birds, that is.
Grimsby, Ontario is in a a rather interesting geologic location. The Niagara Escarpment (all 120+ metres of it here) comes within 1.5 kilometers of Lake Ontario, the closest the escarpment approaches water south of the Bruce Peninsula. During the Spring and Fall, raptors migrate north and south and the narrow distance between the Niagara Escarpment and the Lake forces them to fly over Grimsby. Bird watchers spend a couple of months monitoring the migration in each season.
These Turkey Vultures were heading northward but needed to rest overnight. Usually they find trees in the area but instead a few decided the top of the elevator shaft/stair well of an apartment building in Grimsby was the ideal place. In the morning they were just warming up before heading onward.
For the record, the building is a senior citizens apartment building.
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