I had a few days of birding opportunity in Connecticut this past week. Folks had been reporting Razorbill's in fairly good numbers for all of December on Long Island Sound, so I birded with Beth and my sister and her boyfriend. We couldn't turn up any Razorbills. Weather was poor, visibility was pretty low, and the barometric pressure was dropping - the birds were settling down.
We didn't see any Razorbill, but were able to get great looks at Golden Eye, Long Tailed Ducks, Red Breasted Merganser's, and lots of Brandt and Common Loon.
We were able to add the following birds to the year list:
Common Merganser (414)
Pine Warbler
Red Crossbill
Winter Wren
Boat Tailed Grackle (418)
Also, Pete saw a Brown Headed Nuthatch in Alabama.
Below is a male Long Tailed Duck that had been blown into a tree during a storm on the previous night. It was laying in that puddle of cold water when I came across it. Intensely beautiful bird.
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