First day of winter 2024/2025 yesterday did not disappoint: cloudy, windy, annoyingly cold, & light PM snow. Rough conditions for outside birding, but the highlight of the day at Presque Isle State Park = 9 Purple Sandpiper on the breakwater off Sunset Point. Not the best pictures (camera equip was freezing up by this point), but still nice to see:
More Purple Sandpiper, etc. pending photo editing. In the meantime, back to the final “post-Snowpocalypse” content from the other week at Presque Isle:
Long-distance but nice sequence of Canada Geese landing in lake-effect snow @ head of Presque Isle Bay (Scott Park bluff in background):
Rapidly changing conditions at Leo’s Landing, e.g., hint of blue sky:
And incoming snow:
An unusual amount of Northern Shoveler activity, e.g., a flock of 21, a BirdingPI.com record for most seen at one time:
Coming up soon, more birds in snow!