Re: [cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

2015-11-16 Thread Peter 
Great news about the loons.
I was at the North Point at Taughannock Falls and counted merely 9 (from 
7 am to 10 am)
Pete

On 11/15/2015 6:00 PM, Gary Kohlenberg wrote:
> I went up the west side of the lake today shortly after Jay’s email. 
> As yesterday, no luck finding the Franklin’s Gull, but the number of 
> Loons on the lake is quite impressive. Most of the feeding activity is 
> north of Sheldrake, both gulls and loons, and most of the birdlife is 
> far from either shore making viewing a challenge for one teeny rare 
> gull. Today’s nice weather and calmer winds were helpful and just at 
> Dean’s Cove on one sweep across I counted over 300 C. Loons.
> I’m not sure where this mysterious Franklin’s Gull is spending its 
> time, but I hope it continues to stay a while. The highest 
> concentration of Bonaparte’s Gulls yesterday were at Mud Lock. I don’t 
> necessarily think the Franklin’s Gull would favor hanging with any 
> particular species, but just be attracted to good food sources 
> indicated by others.
>
> Gary
>
>
> On Nov 15, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Jay McGowan  > wrote:
>
> No luck trying to refind the Franklin's from Long Point and Aurora, 
> but we can see a large feeding flock of gulls on the water off Deans 
> Cove on the west side, so if you are in that area it might be worth 
> stopping in to take a look.
>
> Jay
>
> On Nov 15, 2015 8:15 AM, "Jay McGowan"  > wrote:
>
> A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point,
> apparently from the south, and landed on the north side of the
> spit, out of sight for us at the lighthouse. We tried to
> reposition to get a look but it flew before any other birds and
> quickly headed off to the north with some Ring-billed. We are
> still here and it has not returned, but there is still at least
> one Franklin's on Cayuga Lake!
>
> Jay and Brad
>
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

2015-11-15 Thread Jay McGowan 
No luck trying to refind the Franklin's from Long Point and Aurora, but we
can see a large feeding flock of gulls on the water off Deans Cove on the
west side, so if you are in that area it might be worth stopping in to take
a look.

Jay
On Nov 15, 2015 8:15 AM, "Jay McGowan"  wrote:

> A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point,
> apparently from the south, and landed on the north side of the spit, out of
> sight for us at the lighthouse. We tried to reposition to get a look but it
> flew before any other birds and quickly headed off to the north with some
> Ring-billed. We are still here and it has not returned, but there is still
> at least one Franklin's on Cayuga Lake!
>
> Jay and Brad
>

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[cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

2015-11-15 Thread Jay McGowan 
A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point,
apparently from the south, and landed on the north side of the spit, out of
sight for us at the lighthouse. We tried to reposition to get a look but it
flew before any other birds and quickly headed off to the north with some
Ring-billed. We are still here and it has not returned, but there is still
at least one Franklin's on Cayuga Lake!

Jay and Brad

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Franklin's Gull, Myers Point

2015-11-15 Thread Gary Kohlenberg 
I went up the west side of the lake today shortly after Jay’s email. As 
yesterday, no luck finding the Franklin’s Gull, but the number of Loons on the 
lake is quite impressive. Most of the feeding activity is north of Sheldrake, 
both gulls and loons, and most of the birdlife is far from either shore making 
viewing a challenge for one teeny rare gull. Today’s nice weather and calmer 
winds were helpful and just at Dean’s Cove on one sweep across I counted over 
300 C. Loons.
I’m not sure where this mysterious Franklin’s Gull is spending its time, but I 
hope it continues to stay a while. The highest concentration of Bonaparte’s 
Gulls yesterday were at Mud Lock. I don’t necessarily think the Franklin’s Gull 
would favor hanging with any particular species, but just be attracted to good 
food sources indicated by others.

Gary


On Nov 15, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Jay McGowan 
> wrote:


No luck trying to refind the Franklin's from Long Point and Aurora, but we can 
see a large feeding flock of gulls on the water off Deans Cove on the west 
side, so if you are in that area it might be worth stopping in to take a look.

Jay

On Nov 15, 2015 8:15 AM, "Jay McGowan" 
> wrote:

A few minutes ago an adult FRANKLIN'S GULL flew in to Myers Point, apparently 
from the south, and landed on the north side of the spit, out of sight for us 
at the lighthouse. We tried to reposition to get a look but it flew before any 
other birds and quickly headed off to the north with some Ring-billed. We are 
still here and it has not returned, but there is still at least one Franklin's 
on Cayuga Lake!

Jay and Brad

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