The Gray-Hooded Gull (as many of you already know) was present again today. As I left the boardwalk at Coney Island someone (Edna) said, "Oh, I thought I was going to be the sacrificial birder". To which I replied..."Well, now you should hang around a little longer". Around 15 minutes later and around 5 exits east on the Belt Parkway I received calls from Sandy, Tom and Steve Walter that the bird had (re)appeared. Cool!
I started birding at the late age of 35 around 15 or so years ago. I have read that an older brain can never catch up to a brain that started birding (or a lot of things for that matter) at a young age. That has been evidenced to me more and more as time passes J. As late as ten years ago not everyone had cell (smart!) phones. But, today the sacrificial birder was redeemed by technology and some very nice guys and one friend I hadn't seen in years. Thanks you guys, you helped this late starter find #600. Much appreciated..let's see if it actually ends up counting :-O BTW, There were also 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls among the other (more common) gulls seen today. Good birding and good weekend.. Patrick Santinello Eastport, NY -- 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/ --
