Well, February is nearly at its close and I for one must say. “Hurray!” Yes, I’ve said it (even written it) before and I’ll say it again, “February is my least favorite month!” It’s cold and stark and bleak and…cold! Of course, nothing, even February, can be all bad. I’d like to share a few of the photographic highlights I had at the park in February. First, the ice and snow can provide a...
After a too long hiatus trying to update my blog theme (Thanks guys at Erie Times/GoErie!) I’m posting these images of the magnificent Presque Isle landscapes as a trial run with the updated theme. I hope you enjoy these images shot with High Dynamic Range (HDR) technique in October and November of this year and that it prompts you to visit Presque Isle yourself and enjoy her splendor in living color!
Presque Isle State Park has been home to the beautiful red fox (vulpes vulpes) off and on for years. The red fox is the largest of the fox species of which there are approximately 25. Since I’ve been frequenting the park for 5-6 years now I’ve had several people tell me they’ve seen a fox on the park, usually crossing the street or quickly scurrying down a path. According to some, the once resident foxes were either run...
Well, I did make it back down to the Beach 10 concession stand before the barn swallows fledged and am happy to be able to bring you a few photos of the oh-so-cute nestlings! As it turned put there were more than just barn swallow nests around as I was able to watch activity at a tree swallow nest, a flicker nest, a downy woodpecker nest and a house wren nest (both too high up to get any photos) . Interestingly the nests, although some high up,...
Barn Swallow with mud and twig In my last post I mentioned a few of the birds that breed and live on Presque Isle for the summer, among them is the beautiful Barn Swallow. Dazzling irridescent blue above with muted peachy pink underparts and a deeply forked tail, the barn swallow is perhaps the most distinctive of the swallows. It is also the most wide spread of the swallow species with poulations in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas....
Well, spring migration is starting to wind down and I’m finally able to stay home for a night and put this post together. I was kind of holding off hoping to be able to tell you about and perhaps even share a picture of a Connecticut warbler, but, alas, it’s not to be so…YET! There’s still a possibility one will show up this week from what I understand. Fingers crossed:) It really has been a GREAT spring for warbler...
Presque Isle is the star of Pennsylvania.
~Roger Tory Peterson
Michele Franz
Hello, and welcome to Presque Isle, Naturally. If you’ve never been to Presque Isle State Park I hope I can bring to you some sense of what it’s like to experience this wonderful park on the shores of Lake Erie in Erie, PA. If you have been here, you already know what a special place it is and I hope to spark some memories of your time here.
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