Given the date and the rainy weather, I checked the gull flocks at Robert Moses, Captree, and Heckscher SPs this morning and found nine Lesser Black-backed Gulls: one juv, two first-summer/second-winter (SY), and five older imms at RMSP, and one SY at Heckscher. As is often the case, the SYs at RMSP were quite different looking, with one being small and dark-headed and the other big, heavy-billed, and pale-headed. Photos of both these birds, plus several others, can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96951581@N02/29498838960/ I was surprised to see zero adults, but I'm sure there are many more birds grounded along the coast today. Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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/ --
