Any word on the Ross's Gull this morning? Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 2, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Sean Sime <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shane Blodgett, Eric Miller and I made the pilgrimage to Tupper Lake > yesterday and were not disappointed. The Ross's Gull was present and active > from the time of our arrival at 7:30am until we left the boat launch roughly > 90 minutes later in search of other regional specialties (and blood flow). > The bird actively bathed and preened in a small channel of open water in > between feeding forays to various frozen chunks of fish near the houses north > of the town boat launch. It's only company were an occasional flyover Raven > or Bald Eagle and two otters. > We stopped at a number of locations in the area and were able to spend time > with other good birds including Barred Owl, Evening Grosbeak, Northern Shrike > and Gray Jay. Links to Ebird checklists with location info and photos are > listed below. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34087482 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34087713 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34106822 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34106717 > http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34106927 > > It is always great to be in the north country and our day was a pleasant one, > but I do find it necessary to mention this. While scoping the bird from the > roadside near the houses north of the boat launch it was easy to see which > property people trespassed on last weekend. The homeowner has gone to great > lengths to mark his property and hang rope with "No Trespassing" signs across > access to the lake. When a man emerged from the house our "good morning" was > met with silence. From our conversations with locals at lunch it seemed > pretty clear that this homeowner will likely not be a friend of the birding > community anytime soon. Please be respectful out there. > > We also learned there is an ice fishing festival there this weekend and they > are expecting a huge influx of fisherman (estimate of hundreds people on the > lake). This could possibly mean more disturbance for the bird, but it is > unclear if the bird finds human activity disturbing or not. What seems > certain is it will have more food options spread over a wider area. For > people planning on staying in the area overnight a reservation in advance is > probably necessary. > > Good birding, > > Sean Sime > Brooklyn, NY > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
