The adult Bridled Tern continues on Great Gull Island. It has now been here for a week that we know of. (Beside it being its third in a row summer appearance.) Once again, I will mention that the island is a research station and casual visitors are not allowed. However, several birders have seen the bird from the lighthouse tours that pass by the island on their way to Little Gull Island Light to the east. Earlier this week I posted a map of Great Gull Island and the area the Bridled frequents on my Inwood Birder blog (inwoodbirder.blogspot.com).
Anyone doing the lighthouse tour boat trip should continue to watch for shearwaters. The big numbers of late-July seem to have departed, but small numbers are still around. Yesterday I spotted single Cory’s and Great shearwaters northeast of Great Gull and this morning a single Great. Joe DiCostanzo Sent from my iPad -- 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/ --
