Dateline: 3 February 2022
Snowy in Erie, Pennsylvania. Very little bird activity, or at least no one’s going outside to check. In light of the bad weather, it was time to catch up on some miscellaneous shots from the last couple months – late fall 2021 stretching into winter 2022 – just for fun.
First up, from a pleasant fall day in Millcreek Township (“Gateway to Presque Isle State Park”) – coincidental but fascinating raptor activity, all fairly localized both geographically and in terms of time-of-day:
Next up, extremely long shots of a mature Bald Eagle landing in a tree off Long Pond (Presque Isle State Park):
Also near Long Pond, a White-throated Sparrow:
On another day, on Lake Erie off Pine Tree Beach (or thereabouts), our Pekin friend from earlier with additional Mallard friends:
Later, in winter proper, in Millcreek Twp:
On another day, back at Presque Isle State Park, off Thompson Circle, three Northern Cardinal females and a Dark-eyed Junco were enjoying a patch of disturbed snow:
Also off Thompson Circle:
