Great news about the loons.
I was at the North Point at Taughannock Falls and counted merely 9 (from
7 am to 10 am)
Pete
On 11/15/2015 6:00 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote:
> I went up the west side of the lake today shortly after Jay’s email.
> As yesterday, no luck finding the Franklin’s Gull, but
No luck trying to refind the Franklin's from Long Point and Aurora, but we
can see a large feeding flock of gulls on the water off Deans Cove on the
west side, so if you are in that area it might be worth stopping in to take
a look.
Jay
On Nov 15, 2015 8:15 AM, "Jay McGowan"
A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point,
apparently from the south, and landed on the north side of the spit, out of
sight for us at the lighthouse. We tried to reposition to get a look but it
flew before any other birds and quickly headed off to the north with some
I went up the west side of the lake today shortly after Jay’s email. As
yesterday, no luck finding the Franklin’s Gull, but the number of Loons on the
lake is quite impressive. Most of the feeding activity is north of Sheldrake,
both gulls and loons, and most of the birdlife is far from either