This is usually the main highlight of a trip to the Jones Beach Inlet in winter on Long Island.
If you visit the Point Lookout area from December to March, there may be as many as a dozen Harlequin Ducks either in the inlet or among the jetties. In mid-April, I was very lucky to find a pair still lingering. Point Lookout, NY. April, 2004. Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and EF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering.
Point Lookout, NY. April, 2004. Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and EF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering.
Harlequin Ducks are never numerous, one study estimates total population at 1,000 pairs. Point Lookout, NY. April, 2004. Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and EF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering.
Point Lookout, NY. April, 2004. Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and EF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering.
Point Lookout, NY. April, 2004. Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and EF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 IS lens. ISO 400. Evaluative Metering.