If you want to see a great variety of winter waterfowl, DeKorte Park and environments is the place to be. On the Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, we had 14 species of duck — with a majority of them seen at DeKorte.
The list and CBC totals follow.
Long-tailed Duck 1
Common Goldeneye 3
Bufflehead 30
Canvasvack (above) 101
American Black Duck 99Common Merganser 46
Gadwall 29
Green-winged Teal 344 (many were in Berry's Creek)
Hooded Merganser 20
Lesser Scaup 3
Mallard 123
Northern Pintail 100
Northern Shoveler 17
Ruddy Duck 124 (Many were on the Hackensack River)
Very apporate name considering the large numbers of ducks and many varitys.