Dateline: 24-25 September 2022
Despite unsettled weather conditions, multiple BirdingPI.com team excursions to Presque Isle State Park over the weekend. Tomorrow: exciting/interesting plover news from Gull Point on Sunday. In the meantime, weather/trail update, + birds!
Erie weather: pleasant Friday; partially cloudy but overall pleasant Saturday; rain late Saturday into Sunday morning, heavy at times; partial clearing Sunday afternoon (enough for hiking out to Gull Point), very windy, followed by thunderstorms late evening and heavy rain into Monday morning.
Trail conditions wetter than recently due to rain, but overall good/passable:
- Pine Tree Trail: good
- A Trail: good
- Dead Pond Trail: wet in spots, overall ok
- Gull Point Trail: wet in spots, overall ok (outer old trail still ok as of Sunday)
- Sidewalk Trail: good
Recent bird sightings: Mourning Dove; Gray Catbird!; Canada Geese; gulls; Double-crested Cormorant; light duck activity; American Crow; Northern Flicker (many/active); Northern Cardinal; Blue Jay; Red-breasted Nuthatch; White-breasted Nuthatch; Green Heron; GBH; Red-winged Blackbird; Turkey Vulture; Bald Eagle; Wild Turkey (many/active); Black-crowned Chickadee; Great Egret; Dark-eyed Junco; sparrows; etc. Warbler activity: mostly Magnolia and Yellow-rumped.
Tomorrow: Gull Point! And more bird!