Some Photos Of Birds Near The Barnegat Light State Park Jetty

We were able to spend the morning on the jetty at Barnegat Light State Park on Long Beach Island in New Jersey today. Here are photographs of some of the birds seen.

BTW, the Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) breeds from Alaska to northwestern Wyoming and from northern Quebec and Labrador to northern New Brunswick. It also breeds in Greenland, Iceland and Siberia. It winters along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to northern California and along the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to New Jersey.  It is also found in Greenland, Iceland and along the Pacific Coast southward to Japan. The Harlequin Duck’s normal habitat is a mountain stream or river, usually in forested regions, where it dives for its prey (insects, fish and marine invertebrates) on or near the bottom.

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