Anya Auerbach, Billy Kaselow, my father and I made the drive up to Buffalo today to chase the previously reported Slaty-backed Gull in Buffalo Harbor. After about two hours of scanning, we found the bird (my 600th!) on the spit opposite the concrete tower. It flew down the spit, giving us great looks at its underwing, and then relanded behind several herring gulls.
We also had 4 Glaucous Gulls, 3 Iceland Gulls, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls along with the three regular species. Good birding! Alex Hale Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
