I watched the bird for several hours, and it was still in the same area around 4PM when I left. Was still mostly on top of the men's room as described in other posts. Would fly off for food or when all the gulls went together for a brief swim in the ocean. Otherwise was right there.
Ardith Bondi Sent from my iPhone On Jul 31, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Elizabeth Poole <acupres...@aol.com> wrote: > Hot summer Sunday afternoon from 2:30 - 3:00 PM - no luck. Half a million (or > more) noisy people on the beach, the boardwalk and in Astroland on the north > side of the boardwalk. No gulls at all on the ground. Not more than 20 gulls > of any kind in the air or perched on the roof of the bath house at the end of > Stillwell Avenue. Walked the Boardwalk from Stillwell Avenue west to West 8th > Street. Possible view of the bird as a fly-by near Stillwell (not seen in > binoculars). > > Suggestion: go very early or very late, before or after human disturbance. > This is probably the busiest, noisiest area on the Coney Island strip. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike <mike...@optonline.net> > To: NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > Sent: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 2:53 pm > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Gray-hooded Gull photos > > For onyone who hasn't had their fill of Gray-hooded Gull photos yet, I've > posted a set at > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/35575873@N02/sets/72157627324292860/ > > Some of these show wing molt and wing and tail feather molt, and a couple > show the bird with iconic landmarks in the background. > > Mike Cooper > Ridge, LI, NY > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
