The common gull is currently being seen on the break wall 150ft north of pier!
Sean sime Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > Heydi Lopes and I have checked several known Ring-billed Gull roosting areas > along the Belt to no avail. > > While so far we have not connected with the Coon Gull, we have seen > Canvasback Ducks at Coney Island Creek Park. > > In addition, following ski tracks left by Peter Dorosh, we were able to track > down 2 Lesser Black-blacked Gulls found and reported earlier by Peter via a > tweet. > > The birds were loafing on ice in Coney Island Creek behind the Home Depot. > > Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones > >> (\__/) >> (= '.'=) >> (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > > On Jan 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Figured I would post an update for anyone contemplating a trip. No sign of >> the Common Gull as of yet. >> >> A few of us continue to brave the frigid conditions made more so by the >> winds. Hopefully someone will have good news to report shortly. >> >> Brrrr..... >> >> Don't start none, won't be none" ~ Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones >> >>> (\__/) >>> (= '.'=) >>> (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! >> >> Andrew Baksh >> www.birdingdude.blogspot.com >> >> On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Shane Blodgett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This afternoon in Brooklyn, after dropping my daughter off at the train, I >>> made a couple of stops on the way back home to check for birds, planning >>> not to leave the warmth of the car. There was an adult male European Wigeon >>> off the 58th Street pier in Brooklyn and 330 RBGU roosting on the pier. A >>> few minutes glassing the gulls circling over the Owl's Head WWTP revealed >>> nothing of interest, but as I turned onto Shore Road to head home I saw >>> there were a good number of RBGU roosting on Veteran's Memorial pier. I >>> only had my binoculars and not enough warm clothing but decided to park and >>> walk out on the pier far enough to make sure the BHGU that had frequented >>> this area over the past few years was not roosting among them. This is what >>> I found instead: >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/k3of77w >>> >>> I actually had to go home and retrieve my camera (and some warmer clothes) >>> to get these shots, and luckily the bird was still there. I say lucky >>> because shortly thereafter the whole flock upped with some birds heading >>> south and some north and some settling on the water. I lost the Common Gull >>> and then did not relocate it in the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. It was a >>> little after high tide and in total the bird was on or in the area for ~30 >>> minutes before I lost track of it. I initially sdaw the bird around 2:00. >>> >>> I was initially drawn to the dark eye, smallish yellow-green bill with >>> smudgy black subterminal markings, a more rounded head giving it a gentler >>> expression than the nearby Ring-bills. A prominent tertial crescent and >>> decidedly larger mirror in P10 all seemed good. The mantle color seemed >>> concolorous with the surrounding RBGU and the legs appeared more yellow >>> than I expected, but some research online and in my gull reference books at >>> home seem to indicate a high degree of variability in Larus Canus, as there >>> is in most of the larger gull taxa. >>> >>> Unfortunately I was not able to get any spread wing or flight shots but I >>> did note that there was a sizable mirror on P9 and moons somewhere on >>> P6-8/9, though I'm not exactly sure of their placement. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Shane Blodgett >>> Brooklyn NY >>> -- >>> NYSbirds-L List Info: >>> Welcome and Basics >>> Rules and Information >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>> Archives: >>> The Mail Archive >>> Surfbirds >>> BirdingOnThe.Net >>> Please submit your observations to eBird! >>> -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
