More from Presque Isle State Park on Sunday, at Gull Point/trail.
eBird did not ‘believe’ there were five Great Egret at Gull Point on Sunday, but 100% true. See, e.g., all five egrets together:
No one disbelieves the hundreds of Double-crested Cormorants:
Only a quick stop at the observation platform (w/o a spotting scope), but still saw two Piping Plover chicks:
Several shots of three of the Great Egret as they moved further away from the observation platform due to human presence:
Beautiful American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) are starting to bloom on ‘turtle pond’ (pond/lagoon adjacent to the entrance of the roped-off observation platform corridor):
This was a tough one, but research indicates it’s a juvenile Spotted Sandpiper. (“Tough” = lack of spots.) Note the white underbelly, relatively plain/brown back, and partial spectacle. (Plus yellow-green legs which aren’t easy to see in this view. Also exhibited characteristic ‘bobbing’ behavior.)
