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.”

Waterfowl

Common Loon/Gavia immer off Murre Point, as I’ll call this spot.

Red-throated Loon/Gavia stellata. Love those still water reflections.

Red-breasted Merganser/Mergus serrator

Double-crested Cormorant/Nannopterum auritum

One of the Scaup/Aythya; Greater, I think.

Further out in the bay, a Surf Scoter/Melanitta perspicillata. The male’s colorful bill and back-of-the-neck white patch helps with ID from a distance.

Horned Grebe/Podiceps auritus

One response to “Waterfowl”

  1. These are great photos today! Thank you.

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