Folks who're seeing the Bonaparte's Gulls: are they in breeding plumage? still changing? I'm the photo editor for the bird club's upcoming book about birding sites in the basin, in which we include small photos of some typical birds for each site. I have the option of choosing a Boney in breeding or non-breeding plumage, so I wanted some input.
Thanks Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** See my beautiful photo notecards: http://www.marieread.com/cpg/displayimage.php?album=478&pos=0 ________________________________________ From: bounce-17378437-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-17378437-5851...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Krasnoff [s...@cornell.edu] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:57 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Spotted Sandpiper @ Stewart Park; + ~25 Bonaparte's Gulls. Scoping from East Shore Park around 7 AM I saw a flock of about 20 Bonarparte's Gulls staged in a line off the west shore north of the lighthouse. I saw a few more stragglers. None of them lingered long in the water, soon taking off to the north. There were Scaup, Bufflehead, and Common Mergansers scattered about as well. I hurried over to Stewart Park to try to get a better look at the gulls. I parked in front of the tennis courts and immediately got distracted by what looked like a Spotted Sandpiper flying along the shore. I verified this id when I saw it again spotted and bobbing while working its way east on the thick carpet of wrack. Also heard a fish crow before I left. Stuart -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
