#364: Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Yesterday I took a very brief jaunt to Audubon Park where I was informed Black-bellied Whisting Ducks could be easily found. I didn’t find the 1000+ flock I was promised (Maybe they’d flown off to feed somewhere else, or I didn’t hit the right pond?) but I did find these seven:

That’s a Gadwall in the foreground.

Other birds seen or heard included:

• Greylag Goose (domestic, of course)
• Mute Swan 1
• Muscovy Duck
• Wood Duck 17
• Mallard
• Common Goldeneye 1
• Pied-billed Grebe
• American Coot
• Ring-billed Gull
• Belted Kingfisher 1
• Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
• Downy Woodpecker 1
• American Crow
• Fish Crow 9
• Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
• American Robin
• Northern Mockingbird
• Orange-crowned Warbler 1
• Pine Warbler 1
• American Goldfinch

I also spent some time driving around uptown looking for White-winged Doves without any success. Maybe today.

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