Dateline: 24-27 December, 2021
Long weekend at BirdingPI.com, with Friday and Monday as official holidays. Friday’s covered in the Christmas post, Christmas day was rained out, Sunday’s the subject of the forthcoming Gull Point survey, which leaves Monday, 27 December 2021. Weather: overcast with periodic rain.
First, a road closure to report at Presque Isle State Park. As of mid-day Monday, the main road (aka ‘loop road,’ Peninsula Dr, or Thompson Dr) was closed between the south turnoff to the Coast Guard Station/North Pier and the turnaround just past the bay-side Sidewalk Trail trailhead, traveling counter-clockwise. Past the former, crews were spotted working on the sewer/water line installation project.
Not a great day, weather-wise, for birding or bird photography, but the rain let up long enough for a few snapshots:
Tuesday dawned partially clear and cold, turning to overcast later in the day and light snow early evening. Nevertheless, lots of interesting bird activity, e.g., a quick morning reconnoiter in Millcreek Twp included confirmed sightings of Mourning Dove, Crow, Cedar Waxwing, Pileated Woodpecker, Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, and Red-tailed Hawk.