Dateline: 19 November 2022
Another significant snowfall in Erie overnight (Saturday into Sunday); overcast, cold, and windy as of the morning. Brutal, February-like conditions out at Presque Isle State Park on Saturday. With windchill, temps must have been below -7 deg C. Shallower ponds/swamp starting to freeze over.
Overall, reasonable bird activity – Northern Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee, gulls, and waterfowl. Rough photography conditions with overcast, wind, cold, and numb extremities, but some shots from Long Pond:
Three of (poorly exposed) ducks in flight @ Hooded Merganser:
Mallards in rough water by West Pier:
Stay tuned this week for Cardinal and Junco – more bird!
Oh, to be a duck
where I would cluck
and swim in waters so cold
it would just be bold!
Or so I am told!