Another lovely fall day yesterday at Presque Isle State Park, featuring mild temperatures, pretty trees, and mostly sunny skies. Bird activity was “low” as of mid-day, but still some interesting seasonal sightings like Ring-necked Duck. More on that later. In the meantime, it’s part 2/2 of female/immature Blackpoll Warbler from last weekend: Just a friendly […]
Wishing everyone a Happy Halloween! No trick here, just a lovely treat of beautiful (and uncommon for this time of year) female/immature Blackpoll Warbler at Presque Isle State Park last weekend. These photos in chronological order, @ foraging behavior along the main park road.
Back to Erie County, Pennsylvania for pre-Halloween and Halloween, featuring fall content at Presque Isle State Park from last weekend:
Special double post today of more Erie County, Pennsylvania fall birds along the Gull Point Trail this past Saturday:
It was a beautiful fall weekend in Erie County, Pennsylvania featuring cool temps and sunny skies. On the Gull Point Trail at Presque Isle State Park, lots of seasonal bird activity including Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, kinglets, sparrows, ducks, gulls, and too many Yellow-rumped Warblers to count: [Disclaimer: the comic above includes irony. PSA: limited […]
Dateline: 10 October 2026 Well, today is October Big Day! Time to get out and count/enjoy birds! (Weather in Erie County, Pennsylvania: “acceptable,” e.g., windy, cool, hazy sunshine, dry.) Today’s post features two species at Presque Isle State Park an attentive birder, or even an inattentive birder, is highly likely to see today, Golden-crowned Kinglet […]
With the hiking trails back open at Presque Isle State Park, it was time again yesterday afternoon to check in with fall migration activity. Lots of European Starling, Gray Catbird!, White-throated Sparrow, American Robin, Blue Jay, etc.; just a few warblers/vireos, but they were present. Also tons of mosquitos – yuck. BirdingPI.com staff is heading […]
Part 2 of 2 of late summer insects at Presque Isle State Park, by Beach 11 last Saturday afternoon: Very interesting sighting of a female white morph (alba variant) Clouded Sulphur or Orange Sulphur butterfly; “alba” female morph = a sex-limited genetic variant found in about 1/3 of the 90 or so species in the […]
Finally getting around to acknowledging the first week of autumn in Erie County, Pennsylvania, with lovely insects from this past Saturday at Beach 11 at Presque Isle State Park. When all else fails, insects! Seasonally speaking, of course.
Ah, yes, one can only admire the patience and fortitude of those bird photographers who use ‘advanced,’ heavy equipment like tripods and gimbals. BirdingPI.com staff members, OTOH, are typically hiking/on foot, and thereby mostly go au naturel, meaning, in this context, handheld photography. Like these long-distance but extremely fascinating shots from yesterday off Beach 11 […]