Back to Beach 11 at Presque Isle State Park this past Sunday, featuring a Northern Flicker in flight, exhibiting food carrying behavior (some sort of caterpillar in its beak):
The Black Locust trees (Robinia pseudoacacia) are currently in bloom, here with a male Indigo Bunting:
Today, a spotlight on another great Erie County, PA seasonal bird (i.e., mostly around spring through fall), the lovely Red-headed Woodpecker, in this case at Budny Beach at Presque Isle State Park:
Yay! Turkey Vultures for Monday! All shots @ Presque Isle State Park.
Meanwhile, in Sweden, circa mid-1700s:
Today’s bird content is from last Monday in the Duck Pond Trail area at Presque Isle State Park, featuring three ‘not yet covered this year’ species, female Indigo Bunting, Red-eyed Vireo, & Great Crested Flycatcher:
Today’s post features a gorgeous Eastern Wood-Pewee perched and flycatching in the Budny Beach parking area at Presque Isle State Park, plus a couple ‘friends’ at the same location, from last Sunday:
Looks like a nice day today in Erie County, Pennsylvania – happy birding/nature!
Problem with seeing Piping Plover at outer Gull Point is they’re small birds typically viewed from far away. (See above.) So, always a happy occasion when one shows up at a place like Beach 11, as shown here from this past Saturday after the rain:
Back to spring warblers a week or two ago along Elk Creek in McKean, Pennsylvania:
Taking a break from spring warblers with “part 1” of outer Gull Point this past Sunday, featuring BirdingPI.com’s first Short-billed Dowitchers of the season:
Other than extremely bad weather Saturday morning, it was a nice holiday weekend in western Pennsylvania, with great birding both Sunday and Monday. (Stay turned for Gull Point + plenty more migration activity.) These shots are from the other day at Leo’s Landing at Presque Isle State Park, featuring the “other black-and-white warbler,” Blackpoll Warbler:
Anecdotally, as of yesterday at Presque Isle State Park, lots of activity especially w/ Bay-breasted Warbler and Swainson’s Thrush, e.g., 7-8 of the latter seen along the Duck Pond Trail alone. Probably peak migration for heading up to Canada.
Continuing on with the spring warbler hit parade, today featuring lovely Northern Parula at Scott Park:
Following two shots aren’t the best, but they show a mature male Northern Parula (vs. the immature males shown otherwise):
