In today’s post on BirdingPI.com, it’s back into the woods this past Sunday afternoon along the Pine Tree Trail at Presque Isle State Park, featuring the “co-birds of the weekend,” Yellow-rumped Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch, + special guests:
Amazing amount of Yellow-rumped Warbler activity both Saturday and Sunday as these late migrants head south. Same for Red-breasted Nuthatch – more activity (by a large margin) at Presque Isle than anyone on staff recalls experiencing previously in Erie County, or anywhere else for that matter. (Usually it’s one or two Red-breasted Nuthatches in a given area; Saturday it could have been a dozen+.)
Following all Yellow-rumped Warbler unless noted otherwise:
Coming up soon, more ‘big day’ weekend, and squirrels having lunch!
Nice shots. Good to see the variety, showing how versatile birds are in getting around!
Thanks! As mentioned in today’s post, much less bird activity (anecdotally) yesterday at Presque Isle vs. last weekend, esp. Yellow-rumped Warbler. With this weekend being the big Cape May Fall Festival, that’s not unexpected. (Cape May festival = peak Y-r Warbler migration at that location, so makes sense it would have peaked in Erie County 5-6 days earlier.)