Saturday, November 5, 2011

Peña Blanca Long-tailed Duck

Peña Blanca Lake does it again!  On November 4, Alan Schmierer discovered this Long-tailed Duck.  Amazingly this is the 14th rare bird seen there in 7 weeks!  See my last post for the list.  This morning my girls and I set out to see it.  While they were busy building a natural blind out of vegetation, "to hide from the ducks", I waited for a better look at the distant diving duck.  I finally got it, my third lifer in eight days!

*Note: My blog is not showing older posts on this page.  Please see the "Blog Archive" on the right for more posts.
























Posted by
JM


at
1:00 PM
















Labels:
,

















4 comments:








  1. Mia McPhersonNovember 5, 2011 at 6:22 PM
    Big Congrats on another lifer Jeremy! AZ sure is a hotspot right now. Really like the first image you posted, great eye contact.
    ReplyDelete
  2. Laurence ButlerNovember 5, 2011 at 10:07 PM
    NIce shots! Congratulations. It's gotta be great so have such excellent opportunities close to home.
    ReplyDelete
  3. Jen SanfordNovember 6, 2011 at 9:51 AM
    Wow, awesome!  Maybe our Vermilion Flycatcher traded spots with this fella...
    ReplyDelete
  4. Kathie BrownNovember 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM
    Wow! That's quite a find! I had to move to New England and drive to Maine to find one for myself! I have only birded at Pena Blanca once or twice. It was drained and closed for most of the time that I lived in AZ.
    ReplyDelete




























        

      









Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)