Stephane Perrault found a BLACK-HEADED GULL on Little Neck Bay, Queens about
3:00 this afternoon. This was his report to the local group:
"Currently viewed 30 yards from walkway. First open space N of N boulevard.
Park At alley pond environmental center. Take bicycle path N along
cross-island parkway (east side of pkway). Head N past the saltmarsh, past
the train tracks (under viaduct), past the row of phragmites, past the row
of trees, first open space. On " beach" at receding tide. Not that far to
walk."
By the time I got there, the tide was lower and gulls were stretched out
over a long amount of shoreline, all the way to the mouth of Alley Creek. I
did not see it. I'll offer another recommendation if you want to look for
it. You can park by Crocheron Pond, at the end of 35th Avenue and walk over
the overpass. Walk south. From this approach, you can begin looking at birds
immediately, and it might be a shorter walk to the spot Stephane indicated.
If the tide is too high for gulls on the shoreline, there are a couple of
other places worth a look. Oakland Lake always has Ring-billed Gulls and the
Bayside Marina should have roosting gulls. I actually looked there
yesterday, not knowing a Black-headed was in the area. I had stopped off
there to scan for the Fort Totten Snowy Owl. It was indeed visible on a
light pole on the fort, a half mile away. Credit to Eric Miller for tipping
me off on that (he saw it while driving on the Cross Island). It seems that
you can drive into the fort these days, if you want a closer look. The
Snowy has been sitting on light poles, roofs, and chimneys (toward the
southwest part of the fort), so not really susceptible to disturbance - so
no harm divulging its itinerary. Stephane, in fact, found the Black-headed
on his way back from the Snowy. Sort of that Patagonia thing.
Tides for the next couple of days:
Day High Tide Height Sunrise Moon Time % Moon
/Low Time Feet Sunset Visible
F 17 High 12:04 AM 7.1 7:16 AM Set 7:42 AM 99
17 Low 6:05 AM 0.2 4:54 PM Rise 6:40 PM
17 High 11:57 AM 7.4
17 Low 6:37 PM -0.2
Sa 18 High 12:24 AM 7.1 7:16 AM Set 8:13 AM 97
18 Low 6:14 AM 0.1 4:56 PM Rise 7:36 PM
18 High 12:12 PM 7.3
18 Low 6:39 PM -0.2
Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
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