Review of photos lead some to believe the bird in question was actually a 3rd yr. Great Black-backed Gull. The observers state that there appeared to be a noticeable and distinctive size difference. The bird was said to be comparable to Herring Gull in size. There are no pictures of the bird in flight.
Pictures are at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hmbirds/photos/album/77752785/pic/296175519/vi ew?picmode=large&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=321&dir=asc The location is at the Cohoes Flats - a section of the Mohawk River that separates Albany and Saratoga Counties. Access is tricky, but there are two public viewing areas overlooking the hydro-electric dam and downstream flats. If anyone is interested, I can provide access details. Thoughts? Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County gael...@capital.net -----Original Message----- From: ebirds...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Baksh Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:29 AM To: eBirds NYC Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Fwd: [nysbirds-l] Poss SLATY-BACKED GULL - Cohoes/Waterford FYI... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Guthrie <gael...@capital.net> Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:59 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Poss SLATY-BACKED GULL - Cohoes/Waterford To: HMBirds Yahoogroups <hmbi...@yahoogroups.com>, NYSBIRDS-L < nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Bill Lee, and his Thursday group, has what they believe to be a SLATY-BACKED GULL (an Asian species - which has been recorded a few times in New York State) on the dam at Cohoes/Waterford.**** ** ** Latest word at 10:55 AM Oct. 4th is that it has just left, flying north up the Mohawk River in the direction of the Colonie landfill.**** ** ** Rich Guthrie**** -- *NYSbirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.ht m> *Archives:* The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> *!* -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC areaYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebirdsnyc/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: ebirdsnyc-dig...@yahoogroups.com ebirdsnyc-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ebirdsnyc-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- 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/ --
