June 8, 2013: Erie, Pennsylvania

 Cheap gas!

Purple Martins at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie:

Presque Isle State Park

 Above and Below: Barn Swallow

 Cedar Waxwing

 Spotted Sandpiper

 Pectoral Sandpiper

 Least Sandpiper

 Pectoral Sandpiper

 Semipalmated Plover

 Caspian Tern

 Eastern Kingbird

 Willow Flowers

 Wild Pea

 American Toad

 Above and Below: Some flowers on the Gull Point walk

 Blue Butterfly

 Red-Eyed Vireo 

 Baltimore Oriole

Photos from Erie Zoo

September 9, 2012: Cleveland and Conneaut, Ohio

We started out this morning in Cleveland, heading east.  Many photos were taken at the "Spit" birding location in Conneaut, Ohio.

Cleveland area

Conneaut Sandspit Birding

American Avocet

Caspian Tern

American Golden Plover

A large flock of gulls

Herring Gull

Least Sandpiper

Above and Below:  Turkey Vultures

Driving Home

September 9, 2010: Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania

I had some time after teaching in Erie today so my friend George visited me in Erie and we made a brief stop at Presque Isle State Park before dinner at Steak N Shake.  The weather was not very good for early September!