Greetings, If it's at all possible, twitchers should know the location of the bird to date and at present is far, let me re-emphasize, FAR easier to access by subway than by automobile. The roads of Brooklyn are eternally, infernally congested and free street parking is very limited and pay parking is expensive. There are four subway lines that terminate at Stillwell Avenue/Coney Island subway stop, (the F, N, Q & D trains), and from there it's a short two block walk straight to the beach. Once on the beach, one will find a series of yellow poles (where the gull at times perches). Just to the west of these is a fake palm tree sprinkler, another place the gull has been seen. (Courtesy of Jim Osterland,* "**Hedging against the faint possibility that there is someone I might still help, I note that the Wonder Wheel is a landmark visible for miles, but I might add that the Palm Tree Sprinkler is here*; 40.572898,-73.979347 - Google Maps<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.572898,-73.979347&ll=40.572906,-73.979364&spn=0.00085,0.001742&sll=40.572913,-73.97938&sspn=0.000855,0.001742&num=1&t=h&z=20> ")
I understand for non-New York City people, subways and mass transportation can be a bit daunting. But in NYC, in 2011, our subway system is air conditioned, fast, safe and in the case of this twitch, far and away the most convenient access to current location of the Grey-hooded Gull. Best regards, John Laver -- 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/ --
