Weekend Duck Update

View west from Gull Point trail towards Budny Beach

Mostly cloudy and cold Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon but relatively little bird activity at Presque Isle State Park. (GBH, Red-tailed Hawk, ducks, a few woodpeckers, etc.)

In random trail news, the Gull Point “middle-portion” old trail – flooded for years now – was traversable Sunday without specialized footwear.

View north along ‘trail’ towards beach

Trail is mostly overgrown/non-existent, also very muddy in spots – not recommended for casual use, but interesting to see this area from this vantage.

View along trail – inlet crossing
View from trail towards Thompson Bay
Head of Thompson Bay

Muddy flats shown above and below usually covered in water.

Mud flat – view south towards Osprey platform
View back north/Osprey platform
Thompson Bay/Beach No. 11

Moving on to bird content, Hooded Merganser (m) on takeoff from Long Pond, from earlier last week:


Stay tuned this week for Chickadee, Kinglet, GBH, Blue Jay vs. woodpecker, etc. More bird!