 The Pennsylvania Audubon Society has listed the park as Pennsylvania Important Bird Area ( IBA ) # 1 , and it considered one of the best birdwatching sites on Pennsylvania . The diversity of habitats on the peninsula makes it an ideal home for over 320 species of birds . ( For comparison , the United States has about 925 bird species . ) Forty @-@ five of the bird species found in the park are listed as " endangered " or " threatened " , including the piping plover , cerulean warbler , rusty blackbird and saltmarsh sharp @-@ tailed sparrow . Waterfowl and wading birds live at Presque Isle year round . Four species of gull and three species of tern can be seen at Gull Point during the summer months . The majority of collection during the annual Christmas Bird Count , which has been held in Erie County since 1956 , is garnered from observations made by volunteers within the park . Many different species of plants and animals can also be found at Presque Isle State Park due to the wide variety of ecological zones . 
