To the Point and Back Again, Pt. II

A trio of Gull Point views, from wide to narrow:

View north towards Gull Point, from Erie Correctional Facility guard tower no. 3
Panorama looking south from “first pond/mud flat”
Gull Point mud flat, mostly uncropped @ 500mm

Lots of interesting happenings out at Gull Point from the bird species grab bag perspective. All these shots from a very long distance = rather awful as photographs, ok for ID.

First off, Yellowlegs. Seemingly not that many at Presque Isle this year, but fairly active recently. With a slightly upturned beak (see second shot below in particular, bird on the right), calling these as Greater Yellowlegs. (Lesser Yellowlegs: no upturned bill.)

One Yellowlegs
Two Yellowlegs

Extreme crop from the shot above = Semipalmated Plover:

Blurry/Plover

Back to more Pectoral Sandpiper. Note the delineated streaky breast on the bird on the left. Also more in line with typical body size.

Front and side views
Duck scale

(Ducks are probably Teal of some sort.)

Canada Geese/beach landing

Thought this might be a Wilson’s Snipe at first, due to how the eye seemed placed in certain shots. Lacking buffy strips on the body, however, and considering the long bill and chunky body, calling this as Long-billed Dowitcher:

Dowitcher/lower left
Muddy reflection/Dowitcher
Dowitcher/foot view

Time for the Erie weekend weather forecast: “mostly sunny and warmer,” “pleasant with clouds and sun,” “intervals of clouds and sun,” max high temp 27 deg C, max chance of rain 8% on Sunday. (Source: AccuWeather.com.) Looks like an excellent weekend for birding/nature!