Winter fowl walk at Jamaica Bay West Pond…

Following Saturday's Winter fowl walk, I decided to return to Jamaica Bay the next day to see if a few degrees of warm weather would bring birds closer to the shore.   I was hoping that pockets of water opening up on the frozen pond would give me closer and better looks at some of the water fowl we saw during yesterday’s walk.   I was not disappointed, as I got really good looks at a number of birds and got some decent photos.   Here is a list of birds sighted.

1. American Black Duck/Mallard Hybrid
2. American Coot
3. American Robin
4. American Wigeon
5. Brandt
6. Bufflehead
7. Canadian Geese
8. Cooper’s Hawk
9. Dark-eyed Junco
10. European Starling
11. Gadwall
12. Great Blue Heron
13. Greater Scaup
14. Green-winged Teal
15. Hooded Merganser
16. House Finch
17. Mallard
18. Mute Swan
19. Northern Harrier
20. Northern Mockingbird
21. Northern Pintail
22. Northern Shoveler
23. Red-breasted Merganser
24. Ruddy Duck
25. Sharp-shinned Hawk
26. Snow Geese
27. Song Sparrow
28. White-throated Sparrow
29. Yellow-rumped Warbler

Some of the Photos taken.


American Wigeon with Ruddy Ducks.


Bufflehead Duck.


Female Hooded Merganser.


Northern Pintail.


Northern Pintail with American Black Duck/Mallard Hybrid.