No Ross's Gull has been seen so far today. Birders were at both the boat launch and the causeway by 7:00. It was snowing until about 11:30am and visibility was poor all morning. A very small area of open water persists near the launch and a more generous amount is open at the causeway. Nice clearing of weather during the past 45 minutes has not produced a sighting.
Susan Joseph Rhinebeck Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 11:34 AM, John Zucker <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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: > 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/ --
