Towards the end of the week, a return to overtly wintery conditions here in Erie County, PA, with cold temps and snow (4 cm?) overnight. As of Thursday, though, the lake/bay around Erie remained ice free = minimal bird activity at places like North Pier/South Pier. Nevertheless, you can always count on gulls, here, mostly Ring-billed Gull at Presque Isle State Park, starting with Leo’s Landing:
Ring-billed Gulls seem fairly successful at ‘dive fishing,’ but guessing maybe a 50% hit rate. Backup strategy = attempt to ‘harass & snatch:’
(Difficult to tell, but shot above includes Ring-billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, and Great Black-backed Gulls at the ‘pointy part’ of Gull Point, as seen from Beach No. 11,)
Wishing everyone a happy GBBC!