[nysbirds-l] Gulls - Niagara Falls - 1-10-2121

2021-01-10 Thread Joseph Fell
I had a little bit of time today and headed to the Falls to see if I could catch up with the Slaty-backed Gull and Harlequin Duck - no luck. Of the more interesting gulls, I had 5 Iceland Gulls (4 Kumlien's and 1 Thayer's), 5 Lesser Black-backed and 1 Glaucous Gull. People were present and hopin

[nysbirds-l] Spotted Towhee no

2021-01-10 Thread Andrew Block
No sign of the Spotted Towhee in Baldwin Town Park this am from dawn to 12 noon.  After 16 hours of towhee searching this week I'm calling it quits.  This was one of if not the most difficult rarity I've searched for in years.  Maybe next time in 20 or 30 years when one shows up in NY:-( Andrew

Re: [nysbirds-l] Probable California Gull Heckscher SP, Suffolk, LI

2021-01-10 Thread Robert Lewis
I’m at Heckscher now. There was a first year Lesser on field 6 for about ten minutes. Just flew off. Photos. Bob Lewis. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2021, at 2:42 PM, Shaibal Mitra wrote: > > We spent a short time searching, with no luck. Nobody who was in touch with > me found it

RE: [nysbirds-l] Probable California Gull Heckscher SP, Suffolk, LI

2021-01-10 Thread Shaibal Mitra
We spent a short time searching, with no luck. Nobody who was in touch with me found it either. Shai From: Robert Lewis [rfer...@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:25 PM To: Shaibal Mitra Cc: NYSBIRDS (NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu) Subject: Re: [nysbird

Re: [nysbirds-l] Probable California Gull Heckscher SP, Suffolk, LI

2021-01-10 Thread Robert Lewis
Any luck with this bird today? Bob Lewis Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2021, at 6:19 PM, Shaibal Mitra wrote: > > This afternoon I saw and photographed a first winter Larus at Field 7 > Heckscher SP that I think is a good candidate for California Gull--one of the > most birds on Long Isla

[nysbirds-l] Harlequin Duck - Orient Point

2021-01-10 Thread Peter Polshek
I observed a lovely drake Harlequin Duck about 100 feet north of the parking area at Orient Point. Time was about 3:15pm, 9 January. -- Peter Polshek -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.Northe