Well, it was a disappointing weekend for me. I was scheduled to go on a 12-hour pelagic trip out of Brooklyn on Saturday morning, but unfortunately it was cancelled due to inclement weather. I decided to get out of the county on Saturday morning, just for a change of pace, so I headed down to Piermont Pier. It was a pleasant outing; the weather was mild and I walked the entire pier, out and back. I didn’t have anything too exciting, but I enjoyed (8) species of waterfowl: Mallards, Gadwalls, Canvasbacks, Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, and Ruddy Duck. I also had the three expected species of gulls (American Herring, Ring-billed, and Great Black-backed).
Afterwards, I went across the river to Croton Point Park, where unfortunately it was very quiet. I did have an adult Bald Eagle fly over, and this puffed up Song Sparrow posed in some good light.
I made my way back North and checked in at both the Beacon and Newburgh Waterfronts, but both were very quiet.
On Sunday morning, I drove around the black dirt in the light snow and had just the usuals. It’s always nice to get out into the black dirt, but it unfortunately was just one of those days with not much going on and absolutely no photo ops.
