Dateline: 19 March 2022
Last day of winter 2022. A rainy day here in Erie, Pennsylvania, but better that than snow. (Understatement.)
Time to greet spring and wave goodbye to peak waterfowl migration season. There’s Tundra Swans, there’s ice – it’s Swan Luge Part 2!
[Editor’s note: Isn’t “Swan-a-thon” bad enough?]
Following are mostly from 5-6 (Saturday and Sunday) March 2022, on Thompson Bay at Presque Isle State Park:
Saturday, there was some sort of cavalcade/convention happening on Gull Point. And a lovely day for it. Hope those folks on the observation platform were paying attention to the weight limit – #balcony collapse.
Switching over to Sunday, 6 March 2022, still on Thompson Bay, but mostly looking north. Another lovely day.
On another day, on Long Pond:
Finally, Tundra Swans and Ring-billed Gulls on Marina Lake:
Hopeful to see more Tundra Swans this season, but no better way to end the Swan-a-thon than with more bad Swan video!
[Editor’s note: To hear the Swans, turn the sound way up and listen past the gulls. Pretty cool.]