There was a nice assortment of gulls at Coney Island this morning. Peter Colen and I started on the beach at the end of Stillwell Avenue, working our way West towards Seagate. The first good bird of the day was a first year Glaucous Gull roosting on the sand with the expected gull species in the shadow of the old parachute ride. A few dozen Bonaparte's Gulls were seen flying back and forth off of Seagate, which is the Western-most end of the Coney Island peninsula. At Coney Island Creek Park we spotted a second (?) Glaucous Gull on the beach near the mouth of Coney Island Creek. Comparing the photos to determine if it was a second individual was inconclusive, although Dennis Hrehowsik had actually seen a pair of first year GLGUs in the vicinity a week ago. As we continued West along the beach we spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull not far from the lighthouse at Norton Point.
eBird Checklists: Coney Island – 20 species http://tinyurl.com/n9yg4xv Coney Island Creek Park – 27 species http://tinyurl.com/lw9apxj Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com @thecitybirder -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
