Today, between 4:30 and 5:30PM, Clara Montenegro and I stopped at the Hudson River along Newburgh waterfront to check on gulls. We were not disappointed. My best guess is around 7500 gulls, that were riding the ice flows to Cornwall and then flying back to Newburgh to start the ride over again. The highlight, was 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, with a probably 4th. All adult birds with one 3rd winter going into 4th year. The number of gulls were so great, that I am sure there were immature birds that I missed. Could have used some extra eyes, as they were traveling by at a pretty good clip. Oddly, we did not see a white winged gull of any species although it is hard to believe that none were present. There has to be something better among all those birds. I hope this encourages some to check.
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