A Red shouldered Hawk perched at north Nethermead in Prospect Park while nearby a Rusty Blackbird sauntered in the Ravine Ambergill creek.
At Brooklyn bridge park, several uncommon ducks were reported with drake northern pintail ,greater scaup at Pier 4 and hen Common GoldenEye near the Manhattan bridge.
The Freeze opens opportunities as ducks look for open water.
"It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it."
--John Burroughs, conservationist and author