This afternoon at roughly 1:50pm Doug Gochfeld and I relocated the Plum Beach Franklin's Gull. Once again the bird materialized without being seen flying in. Today it was on the flats just south of the easternmost dunes actively feeding on the incoming tide. We wondered out loud how many Franklin's Gulls have been seen pecking at Horseshoe Crabs? For those still interested in searching for this bird, the tactic we used today was to scan from the pedestrian path which runs along the Belt Parkway. By taking the paved path from the eastern end of the parking lot the walk is shorter and easy. At the bridge you can see both sides of the inlet as well as the flats south of the dunes.
I have created a gallery of some of the images from today. I kept the edit loose to include some comparison images as well as some showing the FRGU's aggressive behavior. https://www.flickr.com/photos/103866258@N08/sets/72157653609375742 Cheers, Sean Sime Brooklyn, 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/ --
