Seawatching has been slow during the past two weeks. Seaducks have been diminishing in numbers, and the loon migration has been unimpressive in terms of numbers and diversity (= no Pacific Loon--yet). Thus, it was satisfying to find a movement of Sooty Shearwaters this morning (I counted 19 between 9:50 and 11:30), along with a decent late push of immature Northern Gannets (27). Also of note recently has been the now-expected spring build up of Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Counts of ca. 15 at RMSP on recent mornings have exceeded the paltry numbers of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls present lately:
https://flic.kr/p/24teaJd Shai Mitra Bay Shore -- 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/ --
