The 1st winter Franklin's Gull seen this morning on the beach at Robert Moses State Park had not been relocated by early this afternoon, despite intensive searching. There are still large numbers of Laughing Gulls loafing on the beach between Fields 2 and 5, although the many fisherman walking the beach have forced some of the birds off the beach and into the water. I do not necessarily assume this bird has left, and there still may be some gull concentrations tomorrow, assuming the fish cooperate. Photos of the gull can be found on my flickr site.
Ken Feustel http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ -- 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/ --
