Turns out the flock the kittiwake flew off with also had an immature LITTLE
GULL in it. Unsurprisingly, the birds were not relocated, although some
observers had a few Bonaparte's fly over in Danby later in the morning.
Checklist with photos of the kittiwake and Little Gull here:
https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S124536024
Despite all the small gull action, large gull diversity was low on the
lake. I checked the Stevenson Road compost as well, where a 2nd cycle
Lesser Black-backed and a nice adult Kumlien's Iceland Gull were the only
birds of note.
I also relocated the Harlequin Duck this morning. It had moved north with
lots of ice cover in its usual spot, and was around roughly 1166 East Shore
Drive.
Jay McGowan
On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 10:57 AM Jay McGowan wrote:
> Unfortunately the bird flew south with about half of the Bonaparte's
> flock, up and over the woods towards downtown Ithaca.
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 10:36 AM Jay McGowan wrote:
>
>> Immature Black-legged Kittiwake at Stewart Park, in gull flock on ice
>> shelf just off tennis courts. Also 60+ Bonaparte's sleeping here too.
>>
>
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu
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