After a Tufted Duck was reported yesterday on Long Island I did some figuring and realized that I could go find the bird this morning before work and still, provided traffic wasn’t totally horrific, get to work in New Jersey on time.
So I headed out to Huntington Harbor, ran into Anthony Collerton, and eventually found the bird. Species number 311 for the year in New York State and my last of the year, as I will be heading to California in the morning.
Not bad for a few minutes before work, no?
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Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Hey Cory,
Great photo. WHere at the harbor did you find this beauty? I live in Huntington.
I saw one yesterday too. Birds 381 of the year for me.
The bird hangs out on the east side of the harbor from across from Tutto Pazzo to the Knutson Marina.