At Barnegat Light, on our Montclair Bird Club visit February 26. There are few places on the US east coast where harlequin ducks can be found so easily.
And much the same goes for another haunter of wintertime jetties, the sweet little Ipswich sparrow.
I am nearly tempted to rotate this photo 90 degrees, but this is really what they look like, scaling the granite blocks and picking through the seaweed in search of prey.
Just a few weeks left this year for both these species in the state, so get out before it’s too late!