Since May, seems like there’s been a general lack of shorebird sightings at Presque Isle State Park other than the Piping Plover family, Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, and gulls. Here’s a Ring-billed Gull (transitioning plumage) in surf off Beach 10:
Nearby, in one of the dead trees at the east end of Beach 10, a Northern Flicker was very busy with some sort of nest hole excavation/cleaning. (This was not ‘wood pecking,’ but pulling out and discarding existing debris from the nest hole.)
This Team Member is making a reservation to see the Yellow Bellied CooCoo at 6 a.m. next Monday. Good info!
Loved the flicker sequence. Nothing like spring house cleaning!
And the gull….wow, nice to see it…over and over and over…..
You won’t have to travel far to see the cuckoo!
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