This morning I got out of bed and went up stairs to do a couple of things and saw that it was quite foggy over at the lake so I decided that I would stay home a bit longer and see if the fog would clear. About 7:15-7:30 after eating breakfast and doing to dishes I tied my shoes, got my stuff on and left the house. I darted across the road and walked down towards the lake.
When I got down to the lake it was quite misty. I saw Tree swallows flying around the lake and among them I saw a Violet-green swallow. I tried to get a couple photos of the swallow then I looked over at the wires and saw that there was what appeared to be a Tree swallow and three Northern rough-winged swallows. Since I had only been seeing two rough-winged swallows at the lake I went down the road be get closer to be sure that they were all rough-winged swallows. I got down to where I was pretty much directly across the road from them and took a few photos of them. I looked at one of my photos and saw that one of them was a Cliff swallow not a Northern rough-winged swallow. I went back to the peninsula and sent dad a text saying that there was a Violet-green and Cliff swallow at the lake with the two rough-winged and several Tree swallows. I then went and tried to get better photos of the Violet-green swallow. I saw out there for a bit before dad showed up. We stood there watching the swallows and trying to get photos of the Cliff and Violet-green. The swallows started landing on the wires more so we walked over there and took photos of them. The two Northern rough-winged swallows, a couple of Cliff swallows and a Violet-green swallow plus the Tree swallows were up on the wire at one time or another. While we were there a person we know showed up and we talked and watched swallows with them for a bit. As it got later the weather got nicer, dad called Rowan and had her come down. While I was down there I heard and saw a Yellow-rumped warbler flitting around in in a Willow bush next to the road. Rowan got there and she got photos of a Cliff swallow on a wire right away but the Violet-green swallow was no where to be seen so we walked over and stood on the peninsula. After a while dad left but we stayed and waited for the Violet-green swallow. After about an hour or an hour and half later the flock of swallows had started to come back after they had left, and in with them I noticed a Vaux’s swift. First it was one then it was two then I saw that there were at least five flying around with the swallows. I let dad know then I continued to wait for the Violet-green swallow. As we waited it got a bit colder, the sun had gone behind the clouds and it was starting to get a bit windy. After a while of waiting and not seeing the swift or the Violet-green swallow the swallows started to show up again and with them came the Violet-green swallow. We went out onto the dock and Rowan was able to get some photos of it. Since dad had came to see if the Vaux’s swifts were still there we walked over and told him that since she had gotten the Violet-green swallow we were heading home. Then we headed home. 
Northern rough-winged swallow 
Vaux’s swift 
Cliff swallow
Violet-green swallow
