Cold and cloudy this morning. All the action around here at this time of year is in the water, so I went back to Sandy Point, Jonas Green and Thomas Point.

There’s a lot more ice in all these places, and plenty of ducks, as they can’t feed in their usual places in the iced over creeks and rivers. I’m loking for oddball ducks or gulls who’ve wandered this way due to freezing up North, but I haven’t heard any significant reports.

There’s not a lot of Common Mergansers around, but any at all is a good deal.

This Red Breasted Merganser was cruising a small area of open water near the shore.

A sleepy Ruddy Duck.

There were many Canvasbacks at Thomas Point.

Lesser Scaup at Thomas Point will often fly close in as they round the point.

This Common Goldeneye was feeding near the shore at Thomas Pint, and I was lucky to catch him as he took off.