I carefully checked the gull flocks at Nickerson Beach yesterday morning (from 8:00 on) but could't find any Lesser-black Backs. But Ardith Bondi and I had two second summer birds at Jones Beach (parking field 6) in the early evening. Peter Post NYC
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 15, 2014, at 2:39 PM, Angus Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > In addition to the first southbound passerine migrants, observers birding > along the south shore of Long Island over the next few days should been on > the lookout for Lesser Black-backed Gulls. > > Several checklists have been entered into eBird with counts in the high teens > and upwards. Derek Rogers tallied 29 on the outer beach at Smith Point CP > last night and Mike Anderson logged 37 on the seaward side of Jones Beach > (West End) SP that same day (14 Aug 2014). > > Almost certainly there are many more scattered across the 120 or so miles of > ocean beach and perhaps at other staging sites such as the northshore. Has > anyone looked at the Lido Beach/Nickerson Beach gull flocks in the past > couple of days? > > Most of the birds seem to be subadults (1st summer, 2nd summer and upwards). > It's probably a tad early for the first juveniles to appear and similarly the > breeding adults may still be on or near the nesting grounds (Greenland?) but > will start coming through soon. > > Submitting numbers to eBird is a terrific way to pool our individual > observations and ultimately decode these mysterious arrivals. It is worth > checking the birds for bands as we still do not really understand where these > gulls are coming from and going to. Of course be careful to identify subadult > gulls carefully. Many of the local 1st summer American Herring Gulls look > similar to Lessers at the moment. > > Cheers, Angus Wilson > New York City > -- > 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/ --
