Hi,
Today while birding in the Niagara area with Peter Booker, Brian
Mishell and Sean Ella, we re found the Black-headed Gull on the shoreline
opposite house # 455 Niagara Blvd. This is just up river from an old railway
bridge that crosses the river, and there is a no dumping sign at this spot.The
gull was easy to pick out from a small group of Bonaparte's gulls, owing to
it's bright red legs and red bi- colored bill.
There were two Purple Sandpipers above the falls near the barge in
the spot where they are reliably found at this time of year.
At the Adam Beck overlook we found nothing out of the ordinary, but
there was an adult Thayer's Gull and an adult Iceland Gull at the Whirlpool.
Above the Falls there were many Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and a
juvenile Thayer's Gull.
Cheers............T.
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