Bufflehead
“As for the coastline there were forty or more Common Eiders working the exposed, rough conditions, a couple pairs of Buffleheads, a single Surf Scoter, three Long-tailed Ducks, two Black Guillemots, and four Harlequin Ducks.”
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As for the coastline there were forty or more Common Eiders working the exposed, rough conditions, a couple pairs of Buffleheads, a single Surf Scoter, three Long-tailed Ducks, two Black Guillemots, and four Harlequin Ducks.
Other noteworthy mentioning’s at these two locations include, Buffleheads, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Horned Grebes Long-tailed Ducks, Great Cormorants, and the fantastically adorned Harlequin duck – seemingly at home amid the tumult of the crashing seas.
Winter residents like Buffleheads, Scoters and Red-breasted Mergansers are now starting to depart for breeding grounds far north and west of here.
Other mentionables in Two Lights included two Horned Grebes, a male Long-tailed Duck, several Buffleheads, a Northern Gannet, a lone Common Raven and a Song Sparrow.
And on February 26 off Kettle Cove, I observed a raft of frisky Bufflehead ducks chasing each other.
Along our travels we spotted nine species of sea ducks including all three scoter species: Harlequin, Common Goldeneye and Long-tailed Ducks as well as Red-breasted Mergansers and Buffleheads.
Just offshore I spied several Buffleheads, a Horned Grebe and a deep diving Black Guillemot.
Other mentionables in Two Lights included two Horned Grebes, a male Long-tailed Duck, six Buffleheads, a diving Northern Gannet, a Common Raven and two Song Sparrows.
Additional observations include: on February 9 a Hermit Thrush in Kettle Cove and along Crescent Beach State Park, eight Long-tailed Ducks, six Buffleheads, four Red-breasted Mergansers and two Lesser Scaup ducks.