Turns out the flock the kittiwake flew off with also had an immature LITTLE GULL in it. Unsurprisingly, the birds were not relocated, although some observers had a few Bonaparte's fly over in Danby later in the morning. Checklist with photos of the kittiwake and Little Gull here: https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S124536024
Despite all the small gull action, large gull diversity was low on the lake. I checked the Stevenson Road compost as well, where a 2nd cycle Lesser Black-backed and a nice adult Kumlien's Iceland Gull were the only birds of note. I also relocated the Harlequin Duck this morning. It had moved north with lots of ice cover in its usual spot, and was around roughly 1166 East Shore Drive. Jay McGowan On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 10:57 AM Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Unfortunately the bird flew south with about half of the Bonaparte's > flock, up and over the woods towards downtown Ithaca. > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 10:36 AM Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> Immature Black-legged Kittiwake at Stewart Park, in gull flock on ice >> shelf just off tennis courts. Also 60+ Bonaparte's sleeping here too. >> > -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
