Swan Luge Part 2

Dateline: 19 March 2022

Last day of winter 2022. A rainy day here in Erie, Pennsylvania, but better that than snow. (Understatement.)

Time to greet spring and wave goodbye to peak waterfowl migration season. There’s Tundra Swans, there’s ice – it’s Swan Luge Part 2!

[Editor’s note: Isn’t “Swan-a-thon” bad enough?]

Following are mostly from 5-6 (Saturday and Sunday) March 2022, on Thompson Bay at Presque Isle State Park:

Swans/Geese
Tundra Swans on Thompson Bay by Gull Point
On ice
Swan ride
Chorus
Water ballet

Saturday, there was some sort of cavalcade/convention happening on Gull Point. And a lovely day for it. Hope those folks on the observation platform were paying attention to the weight limit – #balcony collapse.

Heavy load
Ah, nature
Gull Point flyover
Swan luge
Social distancing
Gull watching

Switching over to Sunday, 6 March 2022, still on Thompson Bay, but mostly looking north. Another lovely day.

Migrating is hard work
Ice age
Water taxi(ing)
Takeoff – Thompson Bay
Flight path I
Flight path II
Flight path III
Approach for landing I
Approach for landing II

On another day, on Long Pond:

“Hello.” “Hello.” “Hello.”
Low and slow
Buzzing the Widgeon
Goodbye to Long Pond

Finally, Tundra Swans and Ring-billed Gulls on Marina Lake:

Swan marina

Hopeful to see more Tundra Swans this season, but no better way to end the Swan-a-thon than with more bad Swan video!

[Editor’s note: To hear the Swans, turn the sound way up and listen past the gulls. Pretty cool.]