Dateline: 9 October 2021.
It was a bad start to the birding weekend with heavy rain early Saturday through to late morning. Despite the soggy conditions, our intrepid senior correspondent spent an hour on the Pine Tree Trail at Presque Isle State Park, before the afternoon thunderstorms (rather mild, as it turned out) kicked in.
The theme of the day was Sparrows (esp. White-throated Sparrows) and Warblers, especially Yellow-rumped Warblers. There wasn’t much to see deep in the woods, but for whatever reason, plenty of bird activity around where the power line crosses the trail proper, roughly towards the east end of Dead Pond.
All photos with the Nikon Z5 and 500mm f5.6 Nikkor PF lens. The lens is fine, but the Z5 – not the best camera for birding.