Gull Point, Early June

Back with a giant post of more along the Gull Point Trail in early June 2024:

Red-winged Blackbird (f)
Yellow Warbler (m)
Female Red-winged Blackbird (II)
Song Sparrow @ Gull Point I
Song Sparrow @ Gull Point II

Here’s lovely Barn Swallow under the old observation platform:

Back to the Budny Beach area:

There’s an Eastern Kingbird overhead

Adult and juvenile Killdeer:

Long-distance shots from the new observation platform:

Whimbrel I
Whimbrel II
Whimbrel III w/ Tern
Mostly Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover in flight
Blurry Plover in flight
Black-bellied Plover landing, rear view
Two Black-bellied Plover – adult (r) & intermediate (l)
Another view of Plovers

Hard to see, but in the following shot there’s a Semipalmated Plover on the far left, then a gull, then a Black-bellied Plover, then a Dunlin, & then a second Black-bellied Plover on the far right:

Various Plovers, etc.
European Starling on Gull Point roped-off trail

Back by the trailhead, it’s Baltimore Oriole (m), a bathing American Robin, & Grey Catbird!

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Looks like a nice day this Saturday in Erie County, PA. Forecast for next week: sunny with highs around 32 deg C (in the low 90’s deg F) – very unusual for Erie! Happy nature/birding!