A cold day with few birds

A ring billed gull in the Harlem River on the shore of Randall’s Island.

A ring billed gull in the Harlem River on the shore of Randall’s Island.

This morning was fairly cold (compared to other recent days) and I took a walk around Randall’s Island hoping to find the tree sparrows that have been spotted by others near Little Hellgate Salt Marsh and the Wildflower Meadow.

A great blue heron in Little Hellgate Salt Marsh.

A great blue heron in Little Hellgate Salt Marsh.

Unfortunately, there weren’t that many birds close to the paths, but I was able to photograph seagulls along the shore, herons in the salt marsh, brants in the rivers, and some song sparrows in the brush.

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There were other birds around, like belted kingfishers, a red throated loon, black-capped chickadees, Canada geese, etc, but I didn’t manage good photographs of any of those.

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