Addendum to Dave's excellent description of the day: I passed the private dock later in the day, and access has been roped off, with signs saying 'No Trespassing."
*---------------------------------------* *Donna L. SchulmanForest Hills, NY + North Brunswick, njqueensgir...@gmail.com <queensgir...@gmail.com>* * <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl>* On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:09 PM, David Klauber <davehawk...@msn.com> wrote: > Had some technology problems in the field so sent a brief message to get > the word out quickly. > > The Ross' Gull was found around 10:30 by Bob Proniewych flying east > (north?) of the causeway bridge that feeds into the town of Tupper Lake. > This is a short distance past the town boat launch, near a cabin that is on > the north side of the road. We later found out that apparently the gull was > seen shortly before flying north past the town boat launch on route 30, > about a mile or so south of the town of Tupper lake. The house where it was > originally found was briefly checked before this and there is no open water > or food there. > > As the day warmed up there was a bit more open water around the causeway. > Specifically, the bird was seen on the ice next to some open water just > north or west of the parking pulloffs near the beginning of the causeway. > > It later relocated a bit south to a small private pier just north of the > town boat launch, easily viewed from this location. It seemed to be > feeding on something frozen - fish? This was around 1:30 when we left. > > The Northern Shrike was seen near around 1 in trees opposite the tall > smokestack on route 3. It was not seen there earlier. It was first spotted > a bit west of this, but moved east along the trees, moving about 1/4 mile > or so. > > No sign of anything of note in Newcomb. > > Gray Jays at feeders on Sabatis Circle Drive > > 10 species total > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
