He's done it again. Not only is this a Mew Gull, it is a "Mew" Mew Gull (the western North American subspecies brachyrhynchus), possibly the first ever for Long Island).
It is strikingly brown overall with an extensively dark tail (unlike the neat, narrow black tail band of first winter European canus). Thanks to a quick call from Doug Gochfeld, I was able to race out from Bay Shore, see the bird, and still beat the ponderous evening rush on the Southern State Parkway home! Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________ From: bounce-118724271-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-118724271-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Shane Blodgett [shaneblodg...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:33 PM To: Sean Sime Cc: nys birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Possible Mew/Common Gull. Kings County I'm calling it a definite Mew/Common. Shane Sent from my iPhone On Jan 21, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Sean Sime <s...@seansime.com<mailto:s...@seansime.com>> wrote: Shane Blodgett just called to say he is looking at a possible Mew/Common Gull 50 yards NW of what Ebird calls the "Southern Parking Lot" along the Belt Parkway. This is the parking lot off the eastbound lanes closest to Ceasar's Bay. This is east of the Verrazano Bridge. Considering Shane finds every Mew/Common Gull in Brooklyn this sounds promising. The bird is present as I type at 2:20. 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