Blue jay with what looks like an acorn in its mouth. At #OaklandLake in #BaysideQueens #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdpics #naturephotographer #nybirding #cutebirds #photographersofmastodon #bluejays

Grebily adorable. Spotted at #Oaklandlake in Bayside, Queens. #grebes #birdphotography #naturephotography #birdpics #naturephotographer #nybirding #cutebirds #photographersofmastodon

Ruddy ducks enjoying the one small end of #OaklandLake that hadn't frozen yet (all the waterbirds were there yesterday--swans, geese, mallards, teals, brants...i didn't see any mergansers but they may have been lurking). #birdpics #birdphotography #birdphotographer #nybirding #naturepics

Female merganser with the head that always reminds me of Bride of Frankenstein. Spotted on a chill day at #OaklandLake in Queens. #nybirding #birdphotography #mergansers #birdpics