What a day for birding on Long Beach! The temperature was close to 60 degrees and the sky overcast, providing excellent viewing conditions. We could clearly see the markings on these White-winged Scoters and other birds. (Photo above by Debbie Plume.)
Photo by Jan Spence.
Our leader, Soheil Zendeh, pointed out colorful sea ducks, stately Great Blue Herons, a soaring Northern Harrier, delicate Bonaparte’s Gulls, scurrying shorebirds and more (full list below). A juvenile Northern Gannet entertained us by plunge-diving and a Razorbill offered identification challenges to beginning birders. Hundreds of Dunlin fed energetically at the water’s edge.
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Three Dunlin on the beach. Photo credit: Debbie Plume
Eating lunch on the beach in December. Photo credit: Jan Spence
One of a handful of Sanderlings. Photo credit: Debbie Plume
We heard the otherworldly call of this Common Loon. Photo credit: Debbie Plume
Full bird list for 12/14/15
Brant
American Black Duck
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet (juvenile)
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Sanderling
Dunlin
Razorbill
Bonaparte’s Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
