Dateline: 10 September 2022
Saturday, the BirdingPI.com team headed south to check in with Erie National Wildlife Refuge and environs. Not a lot of bird activity, but a nice day for nature.
Woodcock Reservoir. Double-crested Cormorants on the water, and a seagull or two, otherwise very quiet. … Adjacent Bossard Nature Area, centered on a pretty, forested ravine – mature conifers and mixed deciduous – was more active.
Cardinal, Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, etc. Highlight: Black-throated Green Warbler. Following two shots are female/immature:
Juvenile male:
Also groundhog/woodchuck, and here, a chipmunk:
Erie Natl Wildlife Refuge headquarters area. Cedar Waxwing, various sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee, etc.; fairly quiet overall. White-breasted Nuthatch:
Highlight: beautiful fields of blooming goldenrod + copious Monarch Butterfly and honey bee:
Must be a “float like a butterfly sting like a bee” joke in here somewhere… [Editor’s Note: No team members stung by bees. #500mm_lens]
State Game Lands No 69. Random area of mature mixed forest and forest ponds. Little bird activity other than Belted Kingfisher:
Erie Natl Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Block – fascinating area centered around portions of the French Creek watershed. Little bird activity mid-day. “Mental note:” visit again in early fall.