[nysbirds-l] Kings County Lingering Highlights and new arrivals
Shane Blodgett and I met at the middle parking area at Gravesend Bay this morning where he was already viewing a bright, first-winter Iceland Gull roosting with a small group of Ring-billed Gulls on the grass. Shortly after the continuing Black-headed Gull of the same age flew in to join the group. We split up to cover more ground. Shane went to Drier Offerman Park and looking across to the sand spit of Coney Island Creek Park found an adult Black-headed Gull and a second-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. I went to the Coney Island Pier where there were still a couple of Purple Sandpipers, Surf Scoter and and number of sharp looking Long-tailed Ducks, but virtually no gulls on the beach. A stop at Marine Park quickly yielded the Red-necked Grebe found yesterday as well as two newly arrived Great Egrets, Laughing Gull, Killdeer, American Oystercatchers and a few Boat-tailed Grackles. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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] Kings County Lingering Highlights and new arrivals
Shane Blodgett and I met at the middle parking area at Gravesend Bay this morning where he was already viewing a bright, first-winter Iceland Gull roosting with a small group of Ring-billed Gulls on the grass. Shortly after the continuing Black-headed Gull of the same age flew in to join the group. We split up to cover more ground. Shane went to Drier Offerman Park and looking across to the sand spit of Coney Island Creek Park found an adult Black-headed Gull and a second-year Lesser Black-backed Gull. I went to the Coney Island Pier where there were still a couple of Purple Sandpipers, Surf Scoter and and number of sharp looking Long-tailed Ducks, but virtually no gulls on the beach. A stop at Marine Park quickly yielded the Red-necked Grebe found yesterday as well as two newly arrived Great Egrets, Laughing Gull, Killdeer, American Oystercatchers and a few Boat-tailed Grackles. Good birding! Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
