Coney Island, Aug 1 Amazing what planning and the internet will do for chasing rarities. Under the guidance of Joe Giunta, who reasoned 1). The weekend would be a zoo; 2). the gull would find plenty to eat on the beach after the weekend throngs; 3) the afternoon would be most reliable based on prior sightings; 4). we should leave so as to return to LI around 3:00 PM. Consequently we arrived about 2:30, immediately found the gull where the internet said it was, viewed and photographed it (from appropriate distances) for a half hour, stopped at Nathans for refreshments and were on our way.
Sy Schiff with Joe Giunta, Sam Jannazzo and Pat Jones -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
