Well, Global Big Day weekend is long gone, and spring warbler migration is past-peak, but it was an oversized holiday weekend at Presque Isle State Park nevertheless. Compounded by rather amazing weather: a sunny Saturday start with rain by late morning (clearing later), a warm and humid Sunday w/ eventual ocean-like ground fog, & big afternoon thunderstorms Monday (including torrential rain & pea-size hail).
Concurrent with spring, of course it’s nesting season. Recent nests and/or chicks (juvenile birds) seen at Presque Isle: Bald Eagle, Osprey, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Killdeer, American Robin, Wood Duck, Barn Swallow, & Tree Swallow. Here’s a great sequence of a lovely female Yellow Warbler nest building in a blackberry shrub along the Gull Point Trail, from Saturday (before the rain):
Coming up soon, amazing American White Pelicans at Presque Isle! Also, special Eastern Towhee portraiture! And baby Killdeer! #more_exclamation_points!!! #more_bird
What charming photos of nesting activity! It’s wonderful how birds can build such a variety of nests! Their DNA dictates what kind of nest to build!