Weekend Pre-update

Erie County weather this past week: wintery (cold and/or snow) Saturday – Wednesday, warmer but seasonally cool yesterday (Thursday), cool and overcast today (Friday). Upcoming weekend weather: potentially rainy Sunday, probably sunny Saturday afternoon. With ‘nesting season’ starting April 1, a reminder that this is the last weekend for unrestricted access to outer Gull Point.

Black-capped Chickadee @ Pine Tree Trail

Bird content of this post features early spring birds spotted recently at Presque Isle State Park.

Canada Goose in profile @ Leo’s Landing
Common Grackle I
Song Sparrow I
Ring-billed Gulls on North Pier
Common Grackle II
Song Sparrow II
Great Black-backed Gull (center), Beach 11
American Robin
Chickadee II
Lesser Black-backed Gull (ID hint: black back, yellow legs)

More beautiful Common Grackle:

[Photo Editor’s note: not the best lighting on the shot above, but still so nice to get that lovely back/wing feather color!]


Bad weekend for a deer, best weekend ever for Turkey Vultures (@ North Pier Trail by Beach 11):


Great Black-backed Gulls (l, r)(ID hint: black back, pink legs)
“We saw a grackle!”

Happy weekend, happy nature! #more_bird

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