The term "shorebird" is really misleading. This bird hardly ever goes to the beach - most of the time, you can find deep inside the woods:
Its folk name is Timberdoodle, but today it is known as the American Woodcock:
Its powers of camouflage are amazing. Just by sitting down, it almost completely blends into its preferred habitat of dry leaves and ground cover.
The way to find it is to look for other people who already found it. Here, a bunch of people in New York City's Bryant Park are watching the woodcock:
Another impressive bird comes to New York area for the winter. See if you can spot it here, on a Jones Beach dune:
Snowy Owls come all the way from the Arctic.
This female stayed at Jones Beach for a few weeks in December:
Other winter birds - Redhead Duck:
Scaup:
Cooper's Hawk:
Herring Gull:
American Oystercatchers - harbingers of spring:
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