All, In anticipation of some storm-driven Lesser Black-backed Gulls I drove through the fog at Hecksher State Park this evening and tallied up to 12 individuals staged in the Field 7 parking area. 9 of these individuals were adults and the remaining 3 subadults. Also present in larger numbers were Great Black-backed and Herring Gull but a surprising 0 Ring-billed Gull.
Best, Derek Rogers Sayville > On Apr 20, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > > I wasn't able to get down to the beach during the height of the storm, but I > tried late in the day. By then the wind had dropped and the fog had rolled in > thick. > > Consistent with Shane's observations, I found two adult LBBGs at Capture SP > (possibly romantically involved) and two adults, a subadult and a first > summer at Robert Moses SP (both sites are on the south shore of Long Island > in western Suffolk County). > > Very striking to me was the good representation of LBBG against an overall > near-absence of gulls at these sites: 0 RBGU, just 11 and 47 Herring Gulls at > the two sites, and 0 GBBGs. It also struck me as late for lots of adult > LBBGs--our territorial winter birds used to disappear during March (this year > they never appeared). > > If anyone else got out today and saw LBBGs, I'd appreciate details, so that > we can refine our understanding of this species' rapidly changing status here. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-119072825-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett > [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 10:51 AM > To: nys birds > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Brooklyn storm birding > > Hit send prematurely > 6 LBBG breakdown was 3 adults 2 1st winter and 1 3rd winter > > Shane Blodgett > Brooklyn NY > > ________________________________ > Register today for “Curtains Up!” the inaugural presentation of the Geraldo > Rivera Lecture Series><http://www.csi.cuny.edu/geraldolectureseries/> > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
