I met up with my friend Tom and be birded along the shores of Brooklyn. I biked and met up first at Gravesend Bay, then to Coney Island. and last to Sheepshead Bay. I racked up a few more year birds and Tim, some life birds!
It was nice to ride my bike around Brooklyn, get some birds, and bird with a friend!
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It's an Iceland Gull. I'm very happy it's an Iceland gull, I just time after time after time, can ID a glaucous no problem. But Iceland's I second guess too much. Perhaps my second guessing should be a tip off for me that I am looking at an Iceland. That's a valid field mark, right? |
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Always Purple Sandpipers along the rocks of Gravesend Bay. These were life birds for Tom. Woot! |
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Also confusing the life out of me... scaup. This is a hungry scaup. |
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This is a float on a back scaup. |
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This is a rub the belly scaup. (I think the last two pics are greater.... and the first one lesser.) |
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More Iceland Gull. A good year bird- a big miss in 2018. Glad to have it in 2019 early on. |
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The more I see black scoters AND close up, the more I fall in love. Right under us at the Coney Island Fishing Pier. |
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So many scoters still in the area, enough to get you a flag on your ebird count. |
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Gaddamn, this bird is good looking! |
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Speaking of good looking ducks... |
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IT IS A LONG-TAILED DUCK! (super cute yawn action!) |
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This is the long-tailed duck drake. It has a long tail, just as it's name states. |
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It also makes a funny noise. |
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They are also super cute. |
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