Wishing a happy Veterans Day to folks in the US – a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who served!
Rain moving into Erie today, potentially snow (!) on Sunday. Fingers crossed for some dry weather at some point over the weekend #nature.
Dateline: 5-6 November 2022. Saturday, Pine Tree Trail – nothing says “slow birding day” like shots of wild fruit:
View of Gull Point observation platform from Thompson Bay:
And, moving on to Sunday, out to Gull Point. See previous posts on Dunlin, Snow Bunting, etc. Here, looking north from Budny Beach:
On the Gull Point outer old trail:
View of Thompson bay from Gull Point outer beach:
Two shots looking north/northwest towards the Gull Point observation platform, from the outer beach:
On the outer beach, after spotting the Dunlin, there were two of these:
Hard to ID. Dark legs, medium beak, well-delineated back feathers, some streaking/spotting on the chest, hints of spotting. Semipalmated Sandpiper? Baird’s Sandpiper? Of note, the wings appear to extend past the tail, which suggests the latter vs. the former.
Back on the outer old trail, lovely non-breeding American Goldfinch:
Tomorrow, more bird!