Edit: note that Presque Isle State Park is closed for vehicle traffic Sunday, 10 September 2023, until 12 noon, for the Erie Marathon.
ABA Warning: This post Rated PG-13 for fish gore, bird-on-fish violence, and exuberant flora. Viewer discretion is advised.
More from last weekend at Headlands Beach in Mentor, OH! #more_Osprey
Perhaps due to human presence (even at a distance), this bird was moving its fish/lunch from location to location down the beach.
Meanwhile, a couple other Osprey were flying high overhead:
Back with the fish:
Interesting the fish’s head was the first to go. Apparently it’s the ‘tasty bits!’
Great sighting of juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker:
Now it’s over to the Mentor Marsh Nature Center; nice trail through the woods with an observation platform overlooking the marsh:
Not much bird activity here; Cardinal, Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Blue Jay, and this fine Brown Thrasher:
Finally, a quick stop at the great Wakerobin Boardwalk Trail off Woodridge Ln:
Bird activity: GBH, Barn Swallow and/or Tree Swallow, Wood Duck, American Crow, Song Sparrow (?), and the day’s highlight – and a BirdingPI.com ‘first sighting ever’ (!) – a beautiful female (or male w/ nonbreeding plumage) Bobolink:
