
A year end trip to Barnegat Light, NJ yielded my life King Eider as well as great photo opportunities for Brant, Common Loon and Harlequin Duck.
One of the highlights at Barnegat Light was seeing two Peregrine Falcons strafing a nervous flock of Purple Sandpipers and Ruddy Turnstones for about 5 minutes until one of the birds finally caught something. The other Peregrine immediately took off in hot pursuit. Unfortunately my digiscoping setup does not allow for easy shots of birds that are flying. Occasionally I get lucky though.
So I ended up with 294 species for the year. I think that is pretty respectable for the amount of driving I did. I managed 373 in 2005 but that was bolstered by a trip to the west coast. I can barely wait to see what 2007 will hold for me. Hope 2006 treated you well and here’s to a wonderful 2007.