Today, between 4:30 and 5:30PM, Clara Montenegro and I stopped at the
Hudson River along Newburgh waterfront to check on gulls. We were not
disappointed. My best guess is around 7500 gulls, that were riding the ice
flows to Cornwall and then flying back to Newburgh to start the ride over
again. The highlight, was 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, with a probably 4th.
All adult birds with one 3rd winter going into 4th year. The number of gulls
were so great, that I am sure there were immature birds that I missed. Could
have used some extra eyes, as they were traveling by at a pretty good clip.
Oddly, we did not see a white winged gull of any species although it is hard to
believe that none were present. There has to be something better among all
those birds. I hope this encourages some to check.
Good Birding,
Curt McDermott
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