The second in a series of occasional profiles of birdwatchers who are from or spend a lot of time in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Bonnie Ginader

Bonnie Ginader/Contributed photo

Family: daughter, Aimee Gevirtz, and son, Geoff Ginader. Four grandchildren, one great-granddaughter.

Lives in: Millcreek Township

College: B.S., mathematics, Grove City College

Profession: Realtor^R, Pennington Lines Real Estate.

Originally from: Erie

Favorite bird: Woodcock

Favorite places to bird in northwestern Pennsylvania: Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Siegel Marsh, Pymatuning State Park.

Rarest bird I’ve seen: Piping Plover

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There’s new photographic evidence of a bird that’s talked about a lot but rarely seen. Brian Berchtold photographed a Piping Plover Saturday at Presque Isle State Park, where policy is written around rare sightings of the bird.

Read all about the sighting and check out the photos.

Two stories for the wildlife lovers in all of us:

1. Fishers are increasingly being seen in Erie and Crawford counties.

2. The rare piping plover was spotted Wednesday at Presque Isle State Park, its only known breeding site in Pennsylvania.