American Crow

American Crow taking a bath in the frigid (38°F) water of Lake Erie.

 

Glaucous Gull

 

Black-bellied Plover

 

American Avocets

 

Snow Squall over Lake Erie

 

Lake Erie Rainbow

 

Happy Vernal Equinox !

Horned Grebe transitioning into breeding plumage.

 

Blue-winged Teal

 

American Coot

 American Coot about to take a dive underwater.

Great Black-backed Gull

The Great Black-backed Gull is the largest Gull in the world.

 

Purple Sandpiper

 

Iceless Lake Erie

In 30 years of living on the Chautauqua Ridge overlooking Lake Erie, we have never seen the lake without ice this far into the winter.  Climate change is real!

 

Tundra Swans

 

Black-legged Kittiwake

 A vagrant juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake on Lake Erie with two Ring-billed Gulls.

Snowy Owl

 

Bald Eagle

An adult Bald Eagle eating a fish on frozen Lake Erie.

 

Late Summer Sunset over Lake Erie

Willet

The Snowy Owl Irruption

Continues...

Another Snowy seen on the beach today.

Snowy Owl

A young (most likely female) Snowy Owl perched on and hunting from driftwood on the beach during the early hours of the day.