Frozen

Another day of low high temps yesterday in Erie County, Pennsylvania, e.g., -12 deg C as of 2 PM. Presque Isle State Park very ‘frozen over’ and quiet except for the ice fisherpeople at busy places like Misery Bay. These shots from Thursday at South Pier again, where the remaining open water had finally frozen over:

South Pier view northeast
American Coots on ice

With the channel fully iced over, passing ducks were mostly checking things out (flying low to find water) and then moving on to Presque Isle Bay or outer Lake Erie:

Lesser Scaups in flight

Or, like several Tundra Swans seen high overhead, heading south:

Tundra Swan vocalizes as it flies south
Female Lesser Scaup in flight
Tundra Swans II
Lesser Scaups in flight II
Female Lesser Scaup II
Lesser Scaups in flight III
Tundra Swans III
Male Red-breasted Merganser
Male Redheads (left) + Lesser Scaups
Lesser Scaups in flight IV

Nice sequence of female Common Goldeneye:

Female Lesser Scaup III
Lesser Scaups in flight V
Lesser Scaups in flight VI
Lesser Scaups in flight VII
Male Lesser Scaup in flight
Lesser Scaups in flight VIII
Male Lesser Scaup II
Lesser Scaups in flight IX
Male Lesser Scaup III
Lesser Scaups in flight X
Male Lesser Scaup IV

Coming up soon, still cold in Erie!