It’s the rest from Sunday at Presque Isle State Park, mostly at Beach 11 & off Budny Beach:




Following shot, foreground is outer Thompson Bay (frozen), then outer Gull Point, then outer PI Bay entrance channel (unfrozen), then ‘mainland’ (e.g., east Lawrence Park, PA):

Fairly iconic, Bald Eagle @ North Pier Light:

Outer PI Bay entrance channel (i.e., east of North Pier/South Pier) w/ Great Black-backed Gull (@ center):


Here’s an enlargement of that same gull; note the pink legs = Great Black-backed Gull (not Lesser):

Unknown objects on the horizon (although they were moving west-to-east); perhaps a ship:





This Herring Gull (@ center) was splashing in and out of the water for fishing; the Lesser Scaups on either side seemed quite offended:



