This is in reference to the gull first noted and reported by J. Nance in Fairfield County, Connecticut on Friday 3/18. See the extensive notes and photos included in his eBird checklist report, linked below - for the Slaty-backed Gull, and why it just may be the bird that had caused quite a stir for many hundreds of observers in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) some many days ago… and this could also beg the question, where had this gull been languishing un-noticed for a good while in the interim from then to this Friday? (that is, on an assumption it is that same very-rare gull.)
https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35614 Acting as messenger on this latest, I was not present for the CT sighting on 3/18; multiple other CT-birders were, however. good birds, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
