Winter birding is here, which I definitely enjoy – I love getting out in the cold weather and seeing what’s around. And was a long weekend, so I got out a decent amount and I covered a lot of ground in the county. The only real excitement was finding and photographing a lovely pair of River Otters, which is always a treat. Otherwise, it was mostly the usuals, with some modest highlights thrown in – I had some Purple Finches at Harriman Park, a couple of Cackling Geese in the pond on Carpenter Road, a single Snow Goose in with a large flock of Canadas flying over the black dirt, and I did pretty well with raptors over the weekend, with 7 species making a showing (Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, American Kestrel, and Merlin).
Matt, those otters are epic! Man, would I love to see one. Great stuff!
Thanks Silas! It’s just a matter of time before you run into some otters out there… Matt