Weekend Update/Sun II

Dateline: 15 January 2023

Bundy Beach looking west

Elsewhere at Presque Isle State Park on Sunday afternoon, it was BirdingPI.com’s “wandering around sort of near Gull Point” contingent. From Budny Beach (above) to the outer old trail to the back/south lakeshore of interior Gull Point then due north back to the outer beach/ “new trail.” Access note: lake level is low enough to easily/dryly walk along the entire south lakeshore from the outer old trail “turn” (from N/S to E/W at it’s closest approach to the lake on the south) to outer Gull Point. See red-marked trail with the star in following map excerpt:

Following shots mostly taken at/near the location marked by the red star above.

Interior Gull Point south lakeshore looking east
Downy Woodpecker
Further along, view east
Bufflehead ducks
Takeoff
Bufflehead in flight with gull (center) and Mallard ducks (right)
Common Goldeneye with outer Gull Point in background
Mallard ducks off Gull Point
Common Goldeneye
Ducks in flight off Gull Point (probably scaups)
Scaups over Gull Point
More ducks in flight
Approaching Gull Point
Ducks on approach
And away

Various shots of Bufflehead:


Back along the outer beach:

View east towards Gull Point
Ice shapes on beach I
Subsiding ice dune
Ice shapes on beach II

Trail note: due to periods of warm temps, outer beach edge mostly ice and ice dune free (see shots above) = hike to outer Gull point along the beach is relatively easy for this time of year.

[Editor’s note: Kaye C. Barker.]