I would encourage folks to keep the reports of positive or negative coming
through to the various reporting mechanisms. The star Slaty-backed Gull was not
there when I arrived this AM but I rode it out and was rewarded with several
views in flight and on the ice of this stonking bird!
In addition, to all the excellent Gulling was the sight of many old and new
acquaintances who I dare say was equally rewarding as the Gulls.
Stay Safe and Good Gulling,
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Andrew Baksh
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> On Feb 2, 2022, at 7:57 PM, Tom Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Tuesday, Feb. 2nd - Central Park, Manhattan (N.Y. City)
>
> Quite a day, with 8 species of gulls documented on and sometimes over the
> Central Park reservoir, as noted and pointed out by a great diversity of
> birders who included locals and regulars as well as many coming in
> particularly for the rarest of those gulls, the Slaty-backed. In addition,
> the gull show featured a Black-headed Gull, at least 2 Lesser Black-backed
> Gulls, at least 2 Iceland Gulls, and Glaucous Gull, along with masses of
> Ring-billed (numbering nearly or more than 1,000 at times) as well as many
> [American] Herring & modest numbers of Great Black-backed Gulls. All involved
> in finding - spotting - identifying - re-finding and tracking these, &
> particularly the genuinely-rare Slaty-backed, are thanked. Even with the
> haranguing by an adult Bald Eagle, as well as some noisy fly-over activities
> by NYPD (police) helicopters in the area at one point, many of the gulls came
> back to sit on the reservoir’s ice shelves.
>
> Notes on other birds wait wait to another day.
>
> Good birding to all,
>
> Tom Fiore
> manhattan
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