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):
Wrapping up this season of Jimmy McMillan, Bird Detective! with the final 3 episodes + a reprint for anyone that missed it along the way.
Rather awful weather yesterday in Erie County, Pennsylvania – cold, rain, wind (extremely windy!) Nevertheless, it was pretty good birding in the afternoon at Presque Isle State Park, including our first sighting of Piping Plover (stay tuned for pics) and an amazing amount of swallow activity. (Seemed like the swallows normally flycatching at outer Gull Point had moved inland because of the weather – lots of activity over Waterworks, Leo’s Landing, Niagara Pond and vicinity, the Lagoons, etc.) Following digital photographs from earlier in the week under nicer conditions:
It’s Saturday morning here in Erie County, Pennsylvania, currently experiencing significant stormy conditions – rain and wind and lots of it! With weekend field operations on ‘weather hold,’ time for more from the spring warbler hit parade, today featuring recent shots of Black-and-white Warbler at Scott Park:
