Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Long-tailed Ducks

Long-tailed Ducks/Clangula hyemalis off the Rockaway Peninsula. It’s the male who has the long tail:

This is the duck formerly known as the Oldsquaw. The AOU formally changed the name in 2000.

Very much a diving duck.

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