After getting a haircut by my daughter in Nazareth, I drove over to the Nazareth Quarry at around 3:00 to see what might be there today. With practically every body of water frozen solid by the extremely cold temperatures, the large, unfrozen quarry is attracting most of the waterfowl present in the area. Adam Miller had reported earlier that the pair of White-winged Scoters that I found yesterday were still present. When I got there, I was surprised to see that there were now FIVE White-wingeds there, three males and two females! I got the usual distant documentation photos of them, which also included the continuing Long-tailed Duck.
Good numbers of 53 Ruddy Ducks, 26 Ring-necked Ducks, 21 Redheads, 17 Buffleheads, 14 Greater Scaup, 21 Common Mergansers, and 24 American Coots continued.
A Double-crested Cormorant was a new find, and a female Red-breasted Merganser was found among the Commons. Other birds included 2 Bald Eagles and 2 Common Ravens, plus 7 Canada Geese, 3 Snow Geese, 7 Mallards, and 5 American Black Ducks.
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