Black Scoter—BLSC
Regular winter visitor to the waters off the New Jersey coast. I’ve seen them up and down the shore usually in flocks ranging from a few to hundreds. They’re very active and frequently fly up and down the coast probably pursuing shoals of fish. They also often gather at inlets and outflow pipes, and at places where rocks come down to the edge of the beach, such as at Parking Lot C at Sandy Hook.
My earliest photos of an immature male and of a female date from January, 2014 in the ocean at Allenhurst jetty.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Black Scoter—BLSC
Regular winter visitor to the waters off the New Jersey coast. I’ve seen them up and down the shore usually in flocks ranging from a few to hundreds. They’re very active and frequently fly up and down the coast probably pursuing shoals of fish. They also often gather at inlets and outflow pipes, and at places where rocks come down to the edge of the beach, such as at Parking Lot C at Sandy Hook.
My earliest photos of an immature male and of a female date from January, 2014 in the ocean at Allenhurst jetty.
This is a stub page; I’ll be adding more photographs with the stories of my encounters as soon as I can.
Lightbox Gallery of Great Horned Owl photographs.
Back view of a Great Horned Owl that had just flown across my path to perch on this branch.
The bird immediately looked over its shoulder to check me out givng me the chance to capture its face.
This is a tighter crop of the previous image. The bird clearly decided I was a threat and it should move on.
This was the third shot taken in quick succession as the bird turned its head prior to flying off.
Pentax K-3 with 300 mm lens augmented by the 1.4x teleconverter, f/8 at 1/1000th second, iso 1,000. Post-processed using Adobe Lightroom.
This page last updated Feb 22, 2021.