Winter birds

Central Park's resident Wood Duck:









Another Central Park duck - Northern Pintal:


Everyone's favorite - Great Horned Owl in the Bronx:


Northern Cardinal in Central Park:


White-throated Sparrow:


White-crowned Sparrow:


Dark-eyed Junco - another type of winter sparrow:


Lapland Longspur - very common in the far north across North America, Europe, and Asia during the summer, but very rare where I found it - in the Meadowlands of New Jersey. For once, I found a rare bird before it was reported!


Oh, the irony!