Today, Betsy and I tried for the adult CALIFORNIA GULL that was found Saturday at Goat Island by Jim Pawlicki. We went straight to the Three Sisters Islands and found the gull from the bridge between the last two islands. This was somewhere around 2:30. We had a nice study for several minutes until all the gulls flew up in a panic, no doubt flushed by an unseen raptor. It was a couple of minutes later when Andy Guthrie showed up - ouch! Fortunately, Andy persisted and finally saw the bird around 5:00. He also found an adult THAYER'S GULL at the same location, though looking from Goat Island. We were able to get photos of both of these birds.
We also had an adult LITTLE GULL at the Whirlpool. Numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls seemed to be less than a thousand from Fort Niagara to above the falls. Good birding! Willie ---------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
