Rich Kelly and I birded Jones Beach Field 6 to Robert Moses, to Point Lookout
and back to Field 6. Our chance meeting was a result of West End II closed off
for a running event and it was at Field 6, we decided to join forces in search
of Lesser Black-backed Gulls (LBBGs)
We started off rather slowly but in the end, totaled 18 LBBGs that were studied
and documented well. Keeping in mind that some age class can be speculative due
to the variation in molt, we came up with the following age distribution: 1
juvenile, 6 second calendar-year, 8 third calendar-year (arguably a few here
could be considered A3CYC) and 3 fourth calendar-year.
Additionally, Paul Sweet reported 7 LBBGs
at Davis Park. Yet another site on Long Island where these birds are showing
up.
At the West Marina, an estimated 250 Red Knots along with a few Dunlins, Rudy
Turnstones and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher were observed.
Cheers,
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others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
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林 Quiet as the forest
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On Sep 30, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote:
>
> I also spent some time yesterday and today checking the Long Island barrier
> beaches for Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
>
> Of 15 individuals I managed to study and photograph, the age distribution was
> 3 juveniles, 5 second calendar-year, 5 third calendar-year, and 2 older
> immatures that were difficult to assign (either third or fourth
> calendar-year); I haven't seen any full adults personally since 5 September.
>
> The juveniles are very beautiful, and the next couple of weeks offer our best
> opportunity to see them. Very few remain this far north during the winter,
> and when they return in numbers to over-summer here, their SY plumages are,
> to put it charitably, less attractive. The various immature plumages I've
> been seeing lately are illustrated here:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/29944469171/in/photostream/
>
> A new cohort of juvenile Herring Gulls has also come in; these look quite
> different from our local juvs, with fresh and very contrasty plumage and
> all-black bills.
>
> Shai Mitra
> Bay Shore
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> [bounce-120844860-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of David Klauber
> [davehawk...@msn.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 2:07 PM
> To: NY Birds
> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls barrier beaches Long Island
> Nassau & Sufflok counties
>
> This morning Bobby Rosetti and I checked various parking lots from Jones
> Beach West End to Robert Moses. We saw at least 25-30 different Lesser
> Black-backed Gulls in all plumages from juvenile through adult. Specifically
> they were in the west End 2 lot, Robt Moses field 2 and 5, Captree upper lot,
> and Tobay. In addition Bobby saw between 8-10 at Point Lookout. A nice study
> in Lesser BB Gull plumages
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