Still Hanging Out

A very out-of-season Greater Scaup is still hanging out on the West Pond of JBWR. I don't know that we've ever seen a scaup in June.

Continuing along the path I saw what I first took to be a Snow Goose which would be even more unusual than the scaup. However, no grin patch, a gray belly, a very white face instead of the blush of a breeding Snow Goose quickly turned it into a domestic goose. There were two, actually. Probably escapees, maybe released by someone who got tired of them.                    
Finally, in the adorable department, we have this Gadwall family.

The complete list for the day:
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(West, East, and Big John's Ponds)

Number of species:    39
Canada Goose     100
Mute Swan     9

Gadwall   8
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     50
Greater Scaup     1     Around Bench 5
Double-crested Cormorant     31
Great Egret     12
Snowy Egret     19
Black-crowned Night-Heron     7
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron     9
Glossy Ibis     5
Osprey     4
American Oystercatcher     3
Willet     3
Semipalmated Sandpiper     12
Laughing Gull     100
Herring Gull     5
Least Tern     1
Forster's Tern     5
Mourning Dove     1
American Crow     4
Tree Swallow     25
Barn Swallow     4
Carolina Wren     2
Marsh Wren     1
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     10
Brown Thrasher     4
European Starling     7
Cedar Waxwing     2
Yellow Warbler     5
American Redstart     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Song Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     15

American Goldfinch  1