Final images of the AiA Challenge

January 31 - A bright, sunny day, a foot of snow on the ground, and the temperature barely broke 15 F.  With the wind blowing hard all day, it felt more like 15 below zero, but, because it's Saturday - we headed out with binoculars, telescope and camera and tried our luck. Three miles from home we found a half dozen mergansers on the river.

COMMON MERGANSER pair (Mergus merganser). Sharpie marker.
January 31, 3015. Stafford Springs, Connecticut, USA.

 A Barrow's Goldeneye was reported on the Connecticut River at Enfield - we searched but went home with only the Common Goldeneye on our little list for the outing.

COMMON GOLDENEYE male (Bucephala clangula)
January 2015. Connecticut River at Enfield, Connecticut.