[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Gulling: BHGU and ICGUs
This morning I took a crack at seeing what might be different with the Gull flock at Brooklyn Bridge Park in the early AM hours. Just after light, I picked out the continuing adult Black-headed Gull (BHGU). Additionally, while sorting through the rest of the Gulls, I found 3 Iceland Gulls (ICGU). One 1CY bird which is likely the one from the other day and two adults. One of them was quite intriguing. The interesting ICGU, had some black in the primaries and the cowl was somewhat dark giving me a Thayerish vibe. I was able to get some poor digiscope shots but the light was low and they are not of good quality. That gull was eventually pushed off but I missed it as I had turned to sorting out the rest of the flock. It is one to keep an eye out for. While the morning sorting of the Gull roost was an interesting experiment; for me, the afternoon into evening offered better lighting conditions for those of you wondering. Good Gulling! "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brooklyn Gulling: BHGU and ICGUs
This morning I took a crack at seeing what might be different with the Gull flock at Brooklyn Bridge Park in the early AM hours. Just after light, I picked out the continuing adult Black-headed Gull (BHGU). Additionally, while sorting through the rest of the Gulls, I found 3 Iceland Gulls (ICGU). One 1CY bird which is likely the one from the other day and two adults. One of them was quite intriguing. The interesting ICGU, had some black in the primaries and the cowl was somewhat dark giving me a Thayerish vibe. I was able to get some poor digiscope shots but the light was low and they are not of good quality. That gull was eventually pushed off but I missed it as I had turned to sorting out the rest of the flock. It is one to keep an eye out for. While the morning sorting of the Gull roost was an interesting experiment; for me, the afternoon into evening offered better lighting conditions for those of you wondering. Good Gulling! "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- 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/ --