More Warblers

Back with “merely ok” shots of warblers from this past Saturday in Erie County, Pennsylvania:

Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler (m)
Black-and-white Warbler II
Tennessee Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler III
Yellow Warbler
Tennessee Warbler II
Black-and-white Warbler IV
Black-throated Blue Warbler II
Black-and-white Warbler V
Tennessee Warbler III
Yellow Warbler II
Black-and-white Warbler VI
Black-throated Blue Warbler III
Black-and-white Warbler VII
Black-throated Blue Warbler IV

Spring Training

Lots of spring Baltimore Oriole activity all over Erie County, PA recently. Happy to finally get a few “ok” pictures the other day at Leo’s Landing at Presque Isle State Park, plus other birds:

Baltimore Oriole (m)
Warbling Vireo
Yellow Warbler, bottom view
Baltimore Oriole (immature)
Warbling Vireo II
Least Flycatcher
Baltimore Oriole (immature) II
Warbling Vireo III
Yellow Warbler, bottom view, II
Baltimore Oriole (m) II
Warbling Vireo IV
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (m) III
Warbling Vireo V
Least Flycatcher II
Baltimore Oriole (m) IV
Song Sparrow
Great Blue Heron
Baltimore Oriole (m), rear view
Song Sparrow II
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Baltimore Oriole out of frame

Duck Landing

Sunny but “not warm” yesterday in Erie County, Pennsylvania, so seemingly much less overt warbler activity than Saturday. In today’s post, taking a quick break from migration activity with a beautiful male Mallard landing at South Pier, from last week:

Happy Mother’s Day

Wishing applicable readers a Happy Mother’s Day 2026!

Female House Finch w/ nesting material

Seems like Global Big Day yesterday was a success, at least at the very non-global, local level of Erie County, Pennsylvania. Once the fog burned off, and before heavy thunderstorms moved in early evening, it was a mild/cool, moderately humid day with on/off sunshine, and rather amazing bird activity in places like Scott Park. Warbler sightings included Northern Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Nashville, Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, Northern Parula, etc., plus “maybes” like Common Yellowthroat, Blackburnian, Cape May, Wilson’s, Hooded, Prothonotary, & Blackpoll. Following shots all from yesterday featuring shady Magnolia Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler:

Magnolia Warbler (m)
Bay-breasted Warbler (m)

Last but not least, the next three exciting episodes of Jimmy McMillan, Bird Detective!

Nashville W.

Today (Saturday), it’s Global Big Day and also Global Migration Day = get out in nature for counting birds and reporting them on eBird! Or maybe just go out and enjoy nature. It’s all good. With that in mind, today’s bird photography content includes rather lovely/lucky shots of a beautiful Nashville Warbler at Presque Isle-adjacent Scott Park, in Millcreek Twp, PA (“Since 1800”):

Have a nice weekend! Happy birding!

A Few Chestnuts, etc.

The highly variable, mostly cool weather continued this week in Erie County, Pennsylvania, but noticeable warbler/vireo activity was much increased since the weekend. These shots from various days this week at Scott Park, featuring beautiful Chestnut-sided Warblers high up in the trees:

Chestnut-sided Warbler (m)
Male House Finch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Chestnut-sided Warbler II
Carolina Wren I
Male Yellow Warbler
Gray Catbird!

Also nice sightings of male American Redstart:

American Redstart
Carolina Wren II
Chestnut-sided Warbler III
Gray Catbird! II
American Redstart II
Carolina Wren III
Gray Catbird! III
American Redstart III
Chestnut-sided Warbler IV
Carolina Wren IV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet II
American Redstart IV
Blue Jay
Chestnut-sided Warbler V
American Redstart V
Blue Jay II

Correction; also, sparrows

It was bought to the attention of BirdingPI.com management that yesterday’s post included an erroneous picture of the new entrance sign to Presque Isle State Park. Looking into the matter, the photograph in question was an artist’s mockup of an early proposal. The actual new entrance sign is shown here, with apologies for any confusion:

Entrance to Presque Isle State Park, w/ new entrance sign on left

The end… for now.

Finally, today’s bird photography content features very cute shots of White-throated Sparrows eating dandelions at Scott Park:

Welcome to Presque Isle State Park

First up, BirdingPI.com salutes the PA DCNR for the recent installation of a new entrance sign at Presque Isle State Park. This is a very exciting and invigorating ‘refresh’ to the entrance of such a great place!

Next up, the weather Monday/Tuesday in Erie County, PA was rather mediocre, transitioning to outright “rather awful:” cool/pleasant Monday, warm/pleasant Tuesday morning, followed by a cold, hard rain Tuesday afternoon and overnight. Current weather conditions this Wednesday morning: cold rain. Bleh. Despite the conditions, migration season keeps happening, with a burst of warbler activity early Tuesday morning into the early afternoon before the rain. Confirmed sightings included great species like American Redstart, Blue-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and so on. While waiting on photo editing (where applicable), here’s more Palm Warbler at Leo’s Landing:

Finally, back with our intrepid world explorers as they slowly make their way back to the U.S. from the cartoon Falkland Islands. (FYI, the main air route is from Stanley, FK to Punta Arenas, Chile to Santiago, Chile.)

Weekend Update w/ N.Y.W.

Erie County, PA weather over the weekend included light snow, on/off clouds, wind, occasional sunshine, and generally cool temperatures. Migration activity at Presque Isle State Park and other locations seemed very muted – spent multiple hours at “usually good for warblers/vireos” locations and only saw a handful of warblers, e.g., a few Palm Warblers at Leo’s Landing, and in many places, zero. On the other hand, the Yellow Warblers are back, even if in relatively small numbers, and that’s all that matters. #yellow_warbler_is_the_best_warbler

These all of 2-3 different male Northern Yellow Warbler along the Long Pond Trail, including a rather nice series of foraging/flycatching in action:

Finally, picking up where we left off in the cartoon Falkland Islands…

Have a nice week!