Wind Tunnel (3)

A good 25+ cm (10+ inches) of fresh powder in Erie County, Pennsylvania yesterday, perhaps more depending on specific location. While waiting on snow removal for getting back out in the field, here’s more from South Pier the other day + nearby East Ave Boat Launch:

Male Red-breasted Mergansers
Distant copious gulls on outer Lake Erie
Long-tailed Duck
Misc duck (e.g., Common Goldeneye) on outer Lake Erie
Male Red-breasted Merganser
Long-tailed Duck II
Female or immature Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Mergansers in flight II
Red-breasted Mergansers in flight III
Red-breasted Mergansers in flight w/ North Pier Light
Immature male Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted Mergansers in flight VI
Probably male Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Mergansers in flight VII
Lesser Scaup (left, upper right) + Bufflehead (middle right)
Mostly Redheads
Scaups and Buffleheads II
Another view of distant gull “feeding frenzy”
Redheads (male – left, female – upper right)
View east towards New York state
Male Redhead in flight
Gulls and ducks off old Erie Coke Plant
Long-tailed Duck III
Distant gulls III
More Redheads
Male Redhead in flight II
Mergansers in flight VIII
Redheads and a Scaup
Poorly lit comparison – Red-breasted (top) and Common (bottom) Mergansers, both male