With the BirdingPI.com team out scouring Presque Isle State Park this weekend for interesting wildlife (spoiler alert: Great Black-backed Gull!), only time for some recent, previously-unposted shots from Erie County, in the ‘grab bag’ category. #more_bird!
Common Merganser (f or immature male) over Presque Isle Bay:
Ring-billed Gull vs. surf @ Budny Beach:
Funky exposure on some of these shots of European Starling at Presque Isle State Park by the ranger station:
Saturday weather: overcast with an occasional hint of blue sky; periodic, localized lake-effect snow; very cold in a damp/clingy way – lovely day at Presque Isle State Park, but unpleasantly cold. Reasonable gull and waterfowl activity, almost no ‘land bird’ activity. Sunday: looks like a sunny day as forecast!