This evening I drove up to Union Springs to study the gull and tern congregation off Frontenac Harbor Marina. I was not disappointed: Common Tern and Bonaparte's Gull numbers were at an all-time high, with the breakwall resembling a tern colony in its concentrations and sound. Besides the Commons, at least two FORSTER'S TERNS joined the throng. Before long I spotted an immature LITTLE GULL foraging over the bay to the north, and it eventually came closer and landed on the breakwall. At some point it was joined by a second LITTLE GULL in very similar plumage, and although it took me some time to confirm, I finally did get photos showing both birds in the same frame. Most of the flock took off and headed out onto the lake when some fishers got too close, but will undoubtedly return.
List with photos: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S29745960 -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
