Ducks

Jones Beach

2021-01-062021-01-05Sherry Felix17 Comments

It’s been a long time since I went to Jones Beach on a Linnaean Society of NY field trip. I enjoyed the trip. It was nice seeing old friends. I was unable to photograph the snowy owl because of a couple of unethical photographers who went closer than 100 feet and spooked the owl. We went in search of the vagrant Spotted Towhee at Baldwin Park but we didn’t find it. Because I was with a group of birders rather than photographers I didn’t get many photos.

The Common Eiders were diving for mussels at the Coast Guard Station. Monk Parakeets are colonizing New York. They are originally form Argentina.

Common Edier (Somateria mollissima), Jones Beach 1/2/2021

Jamaica Bay

2020-03-10Sherry Felix4 Comments

I went to Jamaica Bay NWR in Brooklyn with two dear friends yesterday. There were quite a few winter ducks. I enjoyed the Brant and Snow Geese. A special one was the Long Tailed Duck at Sheepshead Bay. The best one for me was the Long-tailed Grackle who serenaded us. As part of its song it did a wing slap. I learned something new. It was real treat to get out and bird.

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Sheepshead Bay 3/9/2020

Splashdown.

2018-11-06Sherry Felix9 Comments

A Mallard Duck, Central Park 11/4/2018.

December Ducks

2017-01-032017-01-03Sherry Felix4 Comments

OK, so the first two are not ducks. I photographed these on December 31, 2016 at the Pond at the south end of Central Park. I added some effects in Photoshop and OnOne.