The Gyrfalcon was observed by Ted Levinas about 7:15AM this morning on an Osprey platform that lies directly north of the Cedar Beach Marina (CBM). I stopped by CBM later in the morning and spoke to some birders who had not seen the bird.
At West End 2, there was a Lapland Longspur among a flock of fifteen Horned Lark's at the SE corner of the WE2 parking lot. There are decent numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls (approx. 200 off the Marina) in Jones Inlet now, and birders should check the flocks carefully for possible Little and Black-headed Gulls. Tom Burke, Gail Benson, and I had an interesting white-plumaged gull with the Bonies that we felt was a leucistic Bonaparte's Gull. Photo at my flickr site. Bird Counts start this weekend - lets hope the weather is not as bad as forecasted! Good Birding, 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/ --
