OK, so it was a warm beautiful day, so far so good for a nice relaxing day of bird watching at Presque Isle; sunny and in the 70s, very little wind,  sweet!  We, Jerry and Linda, Judy, Joao, Terry, Julie and yours truly, met at our usual  spot on Vista 2 at Presque Isle.  We [...]

As you might expect, Grave Yard Pond Trail runs along Grave Yard Pond and is approximately .75 miles of relatively even terrain bordered by many honeysuckle privets, berry bushes, sumac and a nice variety of wildflowers.   The abundant berries, that were nearly completely ripe at the time of this post,  provided a delectable change of [...]

Discover Presque Isle kicked off on a glorious Friday afternoon with many wonderful events including the popular and well-attended Nature Awareness Day.  The rain held out and the sun shone down as many local agencies & groups, dedicated to educating the young and the…experienced, were on hand to share their collective wealth of knowledge about [...]

Back in April we posted a story about “The King of the Peninsula”,  Joe Root.  It was at that time we launched our AskJoeRoot column.  The column is intended for readers to ask questions about Presque Isle that “Joe Root”, the foremost expert on Presque Isle, would then answer.  Well, we recently had a question [...]