Dateline: 5 September 2022
Back on the Pine Tree Trail, Presque Isle State Park, on a rainy Labor Day Monday. On-and-off rain in the morning, heavy rain by mid-afternoon. (Nearby Budny Beach shown above.) About a 45 minute ‘dry window’ for cloudy/shady photography; lots of bird activity – woodpecker, nuthatch, flycatcher, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Gray Catbird!, etc. Plenty of warblers, but difficult to see in the tree tops.
A bit shady, but still an excellent shot of Common Yellowthroat:
Awful picture, but still illustrative of a male Redstart:
Next time, back to the Weekend Update with a fall migration report!
Special preview – two Swans spotted Saturday in the French Creek swamp at the junction of Interstate 86 and Ashton Rd:
Couldn’t verify if Tundra Swan or Trumpeter Swan, but still very interesting to see this time of year.