Had some technology problems in the field so sent a brief message to get the word out quickly.
The Ross' Gull was found around 10:30 by Bob Proniewych flying east (north?) of the causeway bridge that feeds into the town of Tupper Lake. This is a short distance past the town boat launch, near a cabin that is on the north side of the road. We later found out that apparently the gull was seen shortly before flying north past the town boat launch on route 30, about a mile or so south of the town of Tupper lake. The house where it was originally found was briefly checked before this and there is no open water or food there. As the day warmed up there was a bit more open water around the causeway. Specifically, the bird was seen on the ice next to some open water just north or west of the parking pulloffs near the beginning of the causeway. It later relocated a bit south to a small private pier just north of the town boat launch, easily viewed from this location. It seemed to be feeding on something frozen - fish? This was around 1:30 when we left. The Northern Shrike was seen near around 1 in trees opposite the tall smokestack on route 3. It was not seen there earlier. It was first spotted a bit west of this, but moved east along the trees, moving about 1/4 mile or so. No sign of anything of note in Newcomb. Gray Jays at feeders on Sabatis Circle Drive 10 species total -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
