Bobby's Greater White-fronted Goose report gave me the impetus to do my Nassau cold weather route from Hempstead to the Mill River to Bay Park. I never did find the goose. Maybe I needed to know what a Carasaul is. Bay Park, though, produced. When I arrived, a nicely marked first winter ICELAND GULL was sitting in the gull flock. Nudged by a Herring Gull, it gave up easily and quickly flew off. After driving around the rest of the park, I returned for another check of the gulls, especially as someone was feeding them. To my surprise, there was a white winged gull dropping in again. But this one hulked over the Ring-bills - a first winter GLAUCOUS GULL. It stuck around for a while and I got enough pictures. Not posting any, though. Parking lot shots aren't the most aesthetic. Also, I just happened to upload some new offerings at the web site http://www.stevewalternature.com/ , for anyone that might be interested. The Florida theme features a cormorant breeding scene on the front page and raptors on the recent work page.
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