Dateline: 2 April 2023
Back to last weekend with more content from Sunday at Presque Isle State Park. (Weather: sunny, cold.)
First up, back along the Pine Tree Trail, with cute Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger):
Obligatory but fun “camouflaged Brown Creeper” shot:
Despite the awful photographs, still fun to see the first Fox Sparrow of the season. Yellow lower beak suggests American Tree Sparrow, but heavily streaked breast (+ overall face colouration) = Fox Sparrow:
See also red tail:
Another great sighting, this time Winter Wren. Note overall brown colouration, short tail, slender beak, hint white eyebrow, etc.:
Another day with lovely Yellow-bellied Sapsucker:
Heading over to the Dead Pond Trail (east end) again, this time with the second butterfly of the season, the beautiful Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma):
And, this is how you know:
(Similar looking Question Mark butterfly would have question mark-appearing spots instead + different wing spot pattern.)
Finally, didn’t get any good shots, but surprised to see Red-breasted Nuthatch this early:
