As referenced in Anthony's post, the yesterday's storm deposited a
large amount of Lesser Black-backed Gulls along the barrier beach.
Between Robert Moses and West End, I tallied 27 Lesser Black-backs.
The majority of these individuals were adults or much older
immatures. I recorded only 3 second year birds - all of which were in
the West End 2 lot. Additionally, the only Lesser Black-back at
Captree was a juvenile, my first of season. My 28th LBBG of the day,
an adult, was seen at Hecksher State Park a bit later.
On more unusual note, there was a large gathering of approximately 615
Black Skimmers on the lawn to the east of the Boat Basin restrooms.
Good storm birding,
Michael McBrien
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