Hi all, Below is my eBird report from our unusually productive lunch time stop at Myers yesterday, including notes on the Franklin's Gull. Presumably it was put down by the rain earlier in the morning. I wish the bird would have stayed longer so that others could see it (and get pictures!), but the clearing weather must have precipitated its departure.
Location: Myers Point Observation date: 5/3/10 13:02-13:22 Number of species: 23 Observers: Jeff Gerbracht and Tim lenz Canada Goose 5 Common Loon 3 Turkey Vulture 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Franklin's Gull 1 *rare* adult on the spit with other gulls from 1:02-1:15 PM. Initially all we could see was a fully black-hooded head emerging from behind the vegetation; with wide white eye crescents. The bill was straight and thin; a deep red with a black ring near the tip. At rest, the primaries were black with very large white spots. The wing pattern was even more striking in flight, reminiscent of Slaty-backed Gull in that the black markings were bordered by a significant amount of white at both the tips of the primaries and the tongues. At certain angles a beautiful pink wash was evident over the bird's breast. The bird flew away unexpectedly at 1:15, rising to just above the treetops, over the lighthouse and around the corner towards Ladoga Pt. Ring-billed Gull 20 Herring Gull 4 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 1 American Crow 5 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 American Robin 20 European Starling 5 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- Tim Lenz [email protected] Web Applications Developer Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
