Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

                                                                Harbor Beach Rd. @ Cedar Beach

Eastern Screech Owl

Yesterday was quite interesting as I was able to no only see but get a few shots of my first Eastern Screech Owl. I headed down to Cedar Beach shortly after 5 pm to see if  I could get any decent shots of either the sunset on the harbor or shore birds in the waning light. Unfortunately, I was a little late and missed my opportunities and decided to head home. As I made my way towards Cedar Dr., I noticed a small bird perched on top of a utility box. It was fairly dark at this point but the silhouette looked unusual so I stopped my truck and snapped a few shots. The bird had its back to me so I still couldn't make out what it was. I got out of the truck and walked a little closer hoping not to scare it away. I was lucky, the little owl payed no attention to me and I was able to get a few decent shots, although getting proper focus in the dark was very difficult.

Cedar Dr and Pipe Stave Hollow Rd

Long Tailed Duck (Male)

Cedar Beach
 Long-tailed ducks are the deepest diving ducks in the world, diving to depths as far as 200 feet.

Red Breasted Merganser

Mt. Sinai Harbor , Shore Rd

Juvenile Brant

Mt. Sinai Harbor / Pipe Stave Hollow Rd

Mallards

Mt. Sinai Harbor / Pipe Stave Hollow Rd

Dark - Eyed Junco

Sound Beach, NY

White-throat Sparrow

Sound Beach, NY

Northern Flicker

Sound Beach, NY

Mockingbird

Sound Beach, NY

Chickadee

Sound Beach, NY

House Finch

Sound Beach, NY

European Starling

Sound Beach, NY

Carolina Wren

Sound Beach, NY

Tufted Titmouse

Sound Beach , NY

Wild Turkeys

Miller Place Yaphank Rd / Whiskey Rd , Middle Island NY

Black Capped Chickadee

Chickadee in flight

White-breasted Nuthatch

Sound Beach, NY

American Goldfinch

Sound Beach, NY

American Tree Sparrow

Sound Beach, NY

Gulls

Beach Road , West Hampton NY

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Female Cardinal taking off in Sound Beach, NY

Herring Gull

Under Ponquogue Bridge, West Hampton NY

Belted Kingfisher

Dune Road, West Hampton NY

White Winged Crossbill (Female)

Cupsoque Count Park

American Bittern

Dune Road, West Hampton

Great Blue Heron

Mt. Sinai Harbor / Pipe Stave Hollow Rd

Black Capped Chickadee

Sound Beach , NY

Brown Creeper

Sound Beach, NY

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Female Cardinal

Hooded Mergansers

Here are a few Hooded Mergansers I found in  Middle Island

Northern Flicker

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Red Bellied Woodpecker photographed in my backyard 2/02/2013