Little Gulls in the summer on Long Island. In the early 90's storms had breached Cedar Beach leaving large pools between the sand beach and the dunes. In late July 1990, 8 summering Bonaparte's Gulls were joined for an extended period by a Little Gull in plumage similar to the current bird.
The easy access birding there produced Godwits, Whimbrel, Stints and loads of the more common shorebirds. Until the park personnel closed the breach because of water flowing through the widening gap and the rip currents that were produced, this was the best shore birding location on Long Island. Sy Schiff -- 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/ --
