Highlights from the power plants and upriver roosting rocks, as seen from Devil's Hole State Park on the NY side: A Herring-sized but darker-backed gull was on the roosting rocks for several hours. It had peach-colored legs and a smudgy but light eye. Characteristics support LeBB x Herring hybrid. -all four plumages of Lesser Black-backed Gull were seen -2nd winter Thayer's Gull, possibly the one that's been at Goat Island in the upriver rapids -lots of Herrings and Ring-bills,,,,,,,not a lot of Bonaparte's when I was there -a few Iceland Gulls but I didn't notice a Glaucous or the Nelson's -virtually no Bonaparte's flyby and I didn't see the leucistic Bonaparte's which has flown by on two previous occasions Dave W Buffalo, NY _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
