Frank Mantlik from CT sends the following update regarding the Brooklyn Gray-hooded Gull.
Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ From: Frank Mantlik [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 10:31 PM To: Shaibal Mitra; Shaibal Mitra Cc: Ed & Linda Hagen Subject: Gray-Hooded Gull 8/2 late afternoon Hi Shai, I was wondering if you could post this update on the NY Birding List-serve for me. Thanks. 8/2/11 Coney Is. Beach, Brooklyn, NY - Ed Hagen and I made the drive down from CT and were rewarded with great views of the Gray-headed Gull from 5:20 pm and for about an hour thereafter. The bird was resting and foraging (on litter, food scraps) on the beach in the general vicinity of the man-made "palm tree" fountain just south of the foot of W. 12th St. (near the Wonder Wheel ferris wheel). It flew numerous times but stayed on this general section of the beach. I and several of the 10-20 birders present obtained numerous photos. Then about 6:20 / 6:30 pm the Gray-hooded Gull took flight with a small flock of Laughing Gulls and apparently vanished. Some birders who arrived just afterwards may have missed seeing it. We departed about 7:15pm. By the way, we couldn't find any street parking, so made use of the pay-lot ($10) on W. 12th St., which was only two blocks to the beach. Frank Mantlik Stratford, CT ________________________________ Change is in the Air - Smoking in Designated Areas Only in effect.<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/tobaccofree> Tobacco-Free Campus as of July 1, 2012. -- 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/ --
