Despite having overslept a tad bit and missing the
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) by minutes before it flew out from its roosting spot near the Police Docks it favors in
Huntington Harbor. It turned out to be a rather good day of "ground and pound". Just what I needed to start out the New Year. In the end I did connect with the "tuff duck" thanks to some keen spotting by Gail Benson and shockingly managed a decent photo of the said subject.
A run out to the Bronx to check in on the reliable
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) at Van Cortlandt Park did not pan out - so much for "reliability". Nevertheless, I had lots of fun birding out there and picked up a number of year birds including my first
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) of the Bronx. A query in
eBird did not produce any records of LALO in the Bronx, but I am not sure if I mucked up my query or "older" sightings of
Lapland Longspur have just not made it into the eBird database. In any case, I was quite happy to find the Longspur on the Parade Grounds at
Van Cortlandt Park, feeding with a flock of 21
Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris). Here are just a few photos from the day's highlights, including a spiffy looking
Kumlien's Gull that was seen in the West End II Parking Lot at Jones Beach. In all I ended the day with
80 species.
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| Tufted Duck at Huntington LI. |
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| Horned Larks and Lapland Longspur @ Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx NY. |
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| Lapland Longspur (Right bird) Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx NY |
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| Kumlien's Gull at Jones Beach West End II parking lot. |
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| Kumlien's Gull at Jones Beach West End II parking lot. |
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Kumlien's Gull (center) at Jones Beach West End II parking lot.
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Tags:
Barnacle Goose,
Lapland Longspur,
Tufted Duck,
Bronx New York
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