Brant Goose

I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes


The Brant Goose seemed to be a common bird seen in the winter months along the Jersey Shores. We saw them while visiting Barnegat Lighthouse Beach and also at Edwin Forsythe NWR.

I personally find them to be more attractive than the Canada Goose.

Some photos are from the Barnegat Lighthouse beach and the shots below are from the Edwin Forsythe NWR

I hope you enjoyed my Brant Goose post.


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Long-tailed Ducks

I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

January 21, 2014

I am sharing more of the Long-tailed ducks that we saw on the Jersey shore last week. They are one of my favorite ducks. They are found wintering on the Atlantic coast and they breed in the northernmost Canada and Alaskan tundra. 

The male has a white head and a tan face with a white body. The female has dark brown crown with a white cheek patch.

These cute long-tailed ducks are close behind my all time favorite Black-bellied Whistling ducks for their adorable faces.

I cropped a few of these photos. It was hard keeping the camera still on this cold and blustery day at the beach.


I hope you enjoyed my Long-tailed ducks. Thanks for stopping by my post and for all the nice comments.

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Harlequin ducks

I am linking up with World Bird Wednesday and  Nature Notes

The Harlequins are one of my favorite ducks. They are being seen all along the Atlantic coastline from Maryland to the New Jersey shores. This duck has a beautiful pattern of cinnamon and cobalt blue colors. You can also see white stripes on its head and breast and a white spot at its ear. The female has a round white spot behind her ear.

 
They breed in some fast moving river in Canada and the Pacific Northwest and winter along the rocky coastlines.
 

 
 
 
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Just ducky

First, I want to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's Day!


This weekend hubby and I visited the Barnegat lighthouse and state park to see the ducks. Winter is the time to really see some great ducks like the Harlequin and the Long tailed Ducks.

Long Tailed Ducks...the male has a white head with a brown neck patch and dark wings. They breed in the northernmost Canadian and Alaskan tundra. It is great that some spend the winters on the Atlantic coast.

Harlequin Ducks....the male has white stripes on head and chest and a white spot at ear. They also breed in northeastern Canada and the Pacific northwest and winter around rocky areas on the coast.

Barnegat Lighthouse

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A visit to the Jersey shore

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Hubby and I visited the Jersey shore this past Sunday and an overnight stop in Atlantic City.  I had fun checking out the ducks and shorebirds at Barnaget and hubby had a little fun playing poker in AC. So we both got to do something we like to do although my type of fun is free. I have some photos to show of the ducks I saw and my header shot of of the Barnaget beach. This is a great spot to see ducks up close and different kinds of ducks and shorebirds. I saw the Harlequins, Brants, Common Eider, Surf Scoters, Long Tailed Ducks and some others I am trying to id.

                                 Harlequin Ducks

                                   These are just some of the Brants

A row of ducks...Brant, Common Eider (lifer) and a Harlequin

Surf Scoters

Long Tailed ducks

Purple Sandpiper

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