This apology is for the confusion caused by my 3/4/22 post. entitled "New Field" in Old Field The gull I commented on, seen on 4/28/07 on the Island of Capri, Italy, was recorded by me as Larus cachinnans michahellis, per the field guide I used at the time. The current prayed for bird is L.a argentatus, put forth by Shai Mitra as a strong candidate for the mysterious "Yellow-legged Larus Gull '', (L.a argentatus). The decision not to mention its name at the time of my first post was...untimely !
Sorry, Bob ๐ --------- Forwarded message --------- From: Richard Willott <rewillott@gmail.comate: Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [NFBirds Report 4444] Fwd: "New field" in Old Field To: robert adamo <radamo4...@gmail.com> Howyadoin' Bob - I *know* I missed something, but after reading your classic prose regarding a 'possible super bird' I couldn't ascertain the actual species you were referring to. Is this the suspected European Herring Gull? Awaiting further info with bated breath... Rich๐ณ On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 12:12 AM robert adamo <radamo4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: robert adamo <radamo4...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 11:56 PM > Subject: "New field" in Old Field > To: NY BIRDS <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> > > > Today, at ~ 1300, I saw what I hope will be the latest addition to my (and > countless others) NYS bird list...while also filling a myriad of other > "lists", i.e., life, hemisphere, region, county, etc. I was led into battle > by Patrice Domeischel, the very "finder" of this very possible super bird, > back on 2/22 /22. I believe I first saw this species on the island of > Capri, Italy on 4/28/07, in it's full adult plumage, and remember it > vividly...partly due to the excellent sardine dinner we had just consumed ! > > After scoping 2 of the bird's usual haunts, Patrice was reasonably sure we > were looking at the subject of our quest, but until it stood to show us > it's leg color, we were left to hover in a holding pattern. This glorious > moment did materialize about 10 minutes into our "purgatory", with me being > blessed by looking through the scope at the very instance of this > "epiphany" ! To my old eyes the brilliance of this yellow was the equal of > a Van Gogh painting...maybe even more intense ! The joy of this experience > reminded me of The Alula Birding & Natural History Tours bird trip to south > Texas, that Patrice & I were on when we saw Aplomado Falcon, Ferruginous > Pygmy-Owl and Pyrrhuloxia, to name just a few of the "biggies". > > While at Old Field Point, 2 of the other "good" gulls (Iceland and Lesser > Black-Backed) showed themselves, with only the Glaucous Gull not making > roll-call. > > Although the wind was not blowing, the temperature did not lend itself to > dawdling, so we headed for some hot soup. We found it at Uncle Giuseppe's > in P.J.Station - squash for Patrice and lentil for me. A satisfying finish > to a most satisfying adventure...now all we can do is pray ! ๐ผ > > Cheers, > Bob > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "North Fork Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to north-fork-birds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/north-fork-birds/CA%2B7uGqY5qB5n6LEWJZ7% > 2ByN62QekbfLywg0WKbErdzTWwAc3etQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/north-fork-birds/CA%2B7uGqY5qB5n6LEWJZ7%2ByN62QekbfLywg0WKbErdzTWwAc3etQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
