During an unsuccessful search for the adult Black-headed Gull this morning, I found a first-winter BLACK-HEADED GULL on the same fishing pier that the adult has been. It was not as windy today (15-20 mph instead of 25-30 mph) so I can't say for certain the adult has refuted my extreme wind theory I posited in my earlier post. Here are a couple of digi-bin shots of the immature:
http://picasaweb.google.com/aplomadoperegrine/BlackHeadedGullSDec2010# I left briefly only to get a phone call from Heydi Lopes that she was coming to try and see the adult. Unfortunately when I got back there was a couple walking a large Black Lab on the pier and the bird was not to be found. Heydi and her sister Pam (visiting from New Orleans) joined me for an additional 30 minutes of unsuccessful searching. Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
