A New Year On PI Bay

In Presque Isle State Park news, conditions continued to freeze up with the ongoing cold temps – interior ponds frozen, Presque Isle Bay mostly frozen, outer Lake Erie @ float ice w/ localized ‘freeze over’ (e.g., Thompson Bay), roads very icy; human ice fishing on Misery Bay in full swing. Weekend weather forecast for Erie County: cold w/ light, ongoing snow. Ahead of this afternoon’s cloud cover, here’s a shot of the 3/4 moon early this morning:

Continuing on with January coverage, it’s New Year’s Day 2025 @ Presque Isle Bay:

Entrance to PI Bay

Geography reminder: Presque Isle (PI) Bay (the ‘back bay’) is defined between Presque Isle State Park and the Erie ‘mainland,’ with its entrance/egress to outer Lake Erie on its east end between North Pier and South Pier (see above).

Mallards
Ring-billed Gull
Probably Lesser Scaup
Dabbling
Scaup II
Gull w/ shimmery water
Mallards III
More Ring-billed Gulls
R-bG IV
Female Mallard
Common Loon
The new droid: R-bG5
Redheads, etc. @ PI Bay
Mallards V
Scaups on water
Ruddy Ducks
Buffleheads
Mixed nuts
Red-breasted Merganser takeoff
Mergansers in flight
More shimmer

Coming up soon, ducks, more ducks, and even more ducks! Lots of ducks.

[Editor’s note: “human ice fishing” = humans engaging in ice fishing. As opposed to birds engaging in ice fishing – which is a thing – or something ice fishing for humans, perhaps like polar bears (?).]