On April 13, 2019, I saw a group of 10 Bonaparte's Gulls in NY Harbor. They landed in front of the Veteran Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I posted photos of them here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S54915112 An hour later, I saw 20 of them near the Belt Parkway Promenade by 92nd st overpass in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I posted their photos here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S54915913
Sent using Zoho Mail ---- On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:27:58 -0400 <[email protected]> wrote ---- > > Yes, I know, but didn’t want to be accused of exaggerating, and don’t have > the F&F’s at hand. > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Peter Post > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Thomas Fiore <[email protected]>; NYS Birds <[email protected]>; > Emily Peyton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l] N.Y. County incl. Manhattan, NYC - > 10/12 - Bonaparte's Gulls / (etc.) > > I believe It’s been down for longer than that Check Xmas Bird Counts for > exact years and details. We used to get large numbers at such places as Pt. > Lookout, for example. But no longer There’s been a change in ecology or > something in region 10. Yet there are still large numbers of Bonaparte’s > being seen on the Great Lakes and to the south of us in the mid-Atlantic > States. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Oct 13, 2020, at 8:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > My purely subjective impression – which runs counter to web ‘wisdom’ of > increasing species populations – is that the number of Bonies around NYC > (exclusive of eastern LI, where I don’t go) has been down for about 2-3 > years. Anybody agree? > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:48 AM > To: NYS Birds <[email protected]> > Cc: Peter W. Post <[email protected]> > Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] nysbirds-l] N.Y. County incl. Manhattan, NYC - > 10/12 - Bonaparte's Gulls / (etc.) > > Thanks, Peter - > > I had not realized there were records for those kinds of numbers or > frequency all the way into New York County waters in that period; I’d > understood them as more so in Kings County/Brooklyn waters, & of course > elsewhere in the wider region, referring in particular to Bonaparte’s Gull, > rather than the rarer two species of gull you also referenced. If only this > were so cuurently! I wonder then, when the last of sightings of Bonaparte’s > Gull in New York County waters were which included even -for example- 100+ > individuals, much less thousands on one day. Thank you for the historical > information! > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > - - - - - > > On Oct 13, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Peter W. Post <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom: > > Bonaparte’s Gull were historically common to abundant in New York County. > Into the 1960’s they occurred as spring and fall migrants and winter > visitors in New York Harbor and along the Hudson River. Up to 5,000+ birds > could be seen on a single day as far north as the George Washington Bridge. > Mixed in among them was an occasional Black-headed or Little Gull. It was > during that time period that Black-headed Gulls occurred in Central Park and > Little Gulls could regularly be seen in May from the Staten island Ferry > (where they would feed with Bonaparte’s Gulls in the Rip Tide off the south > shore Governor’s Island). > > Peter (Post) > - - - - - - - > > On Oct 13, 2020, at 7:12 AM, Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Monday, “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”, Oct. 12th > New York County (in N.Y. City) > > 3 Bonaparte’s Gulls were noted moving south down the Hudson river, in early > afternoon (A. Farnsworth) - although a very ‘rare’ sighting for the county, > this species is almost certainly annual of occurrence in the county, and the > Hudson river possibly the best site to be on the watch for them on passage. > (They are 'extremely rare' as stop-in-&-stay-a-while visitors to the county, > in terms of the historic records but again, it’s worth keeping eyes open for > this & other unexpected larids, and especially at these times of the year > when much movement is occurring). > > -- > 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: > 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/ --
