Set out today at 7AM with Isaac Grant in an attempt to find a Glaucous Gull for his NYC Big Year here on Staten Island. I have been observing tens of thousands of gulls over Raritan Bay from the bottom of Huguenot Ave over the past week, and convinced him it might be worth looking through them for rarities.
In the morning from Wolfe's Pond Park we had two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, an ICELAND GULL (continuing 2nd year bird), and a RED-NECKED GREBE. Around 4 pm we met up at again at Wolfe's Pond as the gulls began coming back in to roost. I told Isaac to stay put while I drove to Tottenville to scan the gulls from the bottom of Joline Ave. As I was packing up, I noticed a large all white gull sitting on a rock at the bottom of Page Ave. Sure enough, it was a first year GLAUCOUS GULL! Isaac Grant, Marie King and Anthony Ciancimino made it down in time to see the bird before it took off heading west. A digiscoped picture is posted at: http://i.imgur.com/j3WJBMg.jpg -Mike Shanley -- 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/ --
