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We've been dealing with this issue in New Jersey now for the past five years. Currently we have no guides license. There has been proposals to implement one especially for waterfowl. There are dozens of pseudo guides out there collecting hundreds of dollars a day per person without any of the...

That is a great point. Also about three years ago a hen Harlequin was found in a trashcan at the closest boat ramp to this area. As far my understanding, they've now put in effect a sort of "safety zone" in the area, where these birds most frequently are found. It's not an extensive area, but...

SJ, your point is pretty fairly well taken. Back in the day of our local New Jersey duck forums a young hunter posted up a bunch of Bufflehead. Along with the question "I can't figure out why this one hen is so much bigger than the rest ?" As you probably guessed he had killed a hen Harlequin...

A few more of the pictures

The purple sandpiper is actually were amusing. There was a dozens of them. They would pop up from the rocks like whack-a-mole and almost fly straight up your nose. Then land yelling at you.

They were absolutely beautiful! At times, they were no more than 10 yards from me. I had heard they were around, but it took a little bit of looking to find them. The first group I saw, the trio, actually came out from underneath the rocks beneath my feet.

It's been a long time since they were legal game. Never in my lifetime. There is about 1500 individual birds in the entire Atlantic flyway. Barnegat inlet is about as far south as they winter. They prefer a rocky coast lines, but the jetties provide pseudo habitat.

I took a lot of photos. The weather, tide, and spray made it hard to do any drawings. But I'm sure there will be some of that in the future from pictures.

You're welcome. If I was a better photographer, I would have pictures of about 30 different species. But I watched many of them simply through the binoculars. My daughter did take many good photos of Old squaw for her 2026 federal duck stamp painting.

Steve, I traveled much of the mid Jersey Coast. And it was largely , locked in ice. Barnegat inlet has an incredibly strong current that channels between two opposing jetties. That keeps the open water as it flows directly to the ocean. In addition to Harlis there was common eiders, black...

Took a little road trip today to the Jersey Coast to see some of our favorite winter residents. The harlequins. There was snow and ice everywhere but plenty of birds. We logged over 30 species today. Here's just a few of the highlights.