After waiting for 2 hours, with one tantalizing far-off look, the Franklin's Gull put in an extended appearance at the eastern end of Plumb Beach (west side of inlet) from 6:15pm to 7:15pm.
Klemens Gasser and I had been been watching the Laughing Gulls gather on the beach for at least 20 minutes when the Franklin's finally joined the party. The gull was initially feeding more aggressively than the other gulls, but it soon slowed down and we needed to look for the the white primary tips, smaller bill, and rosy/pink cast to its chest, that got deeper as the light dimmed, to keep track of it as it fed and flew and fed up and down the beach with the Laughing Gulls, a couple of Willets, an Oystercatcher, and an increasing number of peeps. *---------------------------------------* *Donna L. SchulmanForest Hills, NY + North Brunswick, njqueensgir...@gmail.com <queensgir...@gmail.com>* * <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl>* On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 12:34 PM, David Klauber <davehawk...@msn.com> wrote: > The Franklin's Gull flew in to the west side of the inlet at the eastern > end of Plum Beach around 10:15, stayed for about 10 minutes , then flew > east and landed on the beach before the area where there are many boats. I > had taken Sean's advice and waited on the bridge along the paved walkway > from about 7:45 to 10 with no luck. This is a good view point but very > noisy as it's next to the Belt parkway. > A Binghampton birder (Ken?) saw the bird fly in and called me - thanks > again. For me the most striking thing about the bird on ground was the > smaller bill, the general black and white look towards the wing tips > (rather than black with a couple of white spots), and from the rear, the > less extensive black hood. It did not seem to be paired up as per previous > observations, although it was with a small group(5-8) of Laughing Gulls. It > flew off by itself to join another small group of laughing Gulls on the > beach > > ------------------------------ > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Franklin's Gull > From: victhe...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 11:00:19 -0400 > CC: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu > To: carn...@fordhamprep.org > > > Any sightings on the Franklin's Gull today? > > > > > On May 28, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Carney, Martin <carn...@fordhamprep.org> > wrote: > > The gull was still on the easternmost part of Plum Beach at 6:15 pm > today...Martin Carney > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l%40cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l%40cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- 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/ --
