Thursday, Dec. 31st - Randall’s Island (a part of N.Y. County, in N.Y. City)
A Black-headed Gull appeared in the afternoon on Randall’s Island, first noted by M.B. Kooper, at Field 25, where it was associating with some Ring-billed & Herring Gulls, before moving off to a ‘point unknown’. However there is a chance the rarer gull may return as sometimes happens with this species. This has been a gull species that has appeared in N.Y. County intermittently over the years (including in & next to Manhattan, & in Central Park), but is perhaps a 1st-ever for Randall’s Island. Total gull numbers in the reports from several observers were not especially high. Congrat’s to Mary Beth, and thanks to all reporting these birds. Additionally, the Greater White-fronted Goose that’s been mostly-regular since first found on Dec. 20th at Randall’s Island was again [re]-found there, associating with a modest sized flock of Canada Geese. Also of interest locally is the Lesser Scaup hen that’s been semi-regular off Randall’s, often pretty much on its own, sometimes with other waterfowl. ... In keeping with the B.-h. Gull sighting, I also scrutinized gulls on the Central Park reservoir, as well as a bit of the Hudson river in an 'adacent-latitude' sector, but with just the 3 most-regular winter gulls of the N.Y. City area seen. A nice number of Hooded Mergansers in Central Park, taking in the Meer, Reservoir, Lake, & Turtle Pond, for at least 4 locations. (apologies if this gets posted more than once.) .. & good gulling-&-goosing for 2021, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
