Lost In An Ocean Of Birding

I haven't gotten out that much this month and have been kind of aimless when I did. I was hoping to find a particular species when I visited Hammonasset but it was one of those-"You should have been here yesterday" scenarios. In other news: Hammonasset means "where we dig holes in the ground" in the Algonquian language. 
I was actually looking for winter ducks at a pond when this Belted Kingfisher got in my way so I took his photo gave him a bit of a haircut while I was at it. There was well over 100 Ruddy Ducks in the pond that day.

Next big thing to look forward to will be the Audubon Christmas counts in December. Until then, I just plan to stick to the basics.