Loons

The loons are usually further out, but here in Coney Island Creek with the low morning sun behind me, this Common was looking good.

Further around the bend of Sea Gate, this Red-throated turned out to the only one I saw on my scramble around the far western “private beach” end of Coney Island.

This Common was right below the Coney Island Pier.

Right below. (You can see why their legs, set way back on the body, aren’t so good for land work.)