Weekend Update Redux

Tufted Titmouse, Ridge Trail

Looks like unsettled weather this weekend here in Erie, Pennsylvania, so catching up on a few photos from last Sunday out at Presque Isle State Park. Weather was sunny but windy; light avian activity.

Carolina Wren

Of special note, a Carolina Wren was spotted/heard off the access trails near Thompson Bay. Unfortunately, its flitting about the shrubbery was too much for Nikon’s autofocus system to handle = no pictures. However, iPhone to the rescue with the ChirpOMatic app (http://www.chirpomatic.com/ – no affiliation with BirdingPI.com, but it’s a pretty good app) = reasonably nice sound clip.

Along the Sidewalk Trail (SE end) and Ridge Trail (SE end), lots of Titmouse and Kinglet activity, also Canadian Geese on the pond. A few Mallards in the swamp off the Dead Pond Trail extension.

Golden-crowned Kinglet, Sidewalk Trail
Mallard, Dead Pond Trail extension
Mallards