[cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls--Iceland, Glaucous, possible Thayer's
Just a quick note, don't have time to go into more detail, but among the gulls at the compost today were a 2nd-cycle type GLAUCOUS (all plain white), two nice frosty 1st-cycle ICELAND, and a darker Iceland-type that may well have been a 1st-cycle THAYER'S, although I thought it looked on the pale end at the time. Photos here, although a little washed out: https://plus.google.com/photos/37855303614931880/albums/5954443926503892769/5978584978027729938?pid=5978584978027729938oid=37855303614931880 And here is a link to Garrett MacDonald's photos: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16862556 At East Shore in the afternoon Dave and Gary had a young Glaucous and I picked out a nice adult Iceland on the ice. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi all, Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, maybe, back to the lake. I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. Gary On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Compost gulls (Iceland, Glaucous)
Hi Guys, I took a slow trip to the Trust Company today (.4 miles), but no vultures appeared. I am off tomorrow morning and will head to the compost before I have to meet the demands of work. I will keep you posted. Best, Ann On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:31 PM, J. Gary Kohlenberg jg...@cornell.eduwrote: Hi all, Some days the birding is short but sweet. I left work this afternoon and made a quick loop around fantasizing about Black Vultures. No Vultures appeared, but the resident RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at the lab flew in front of me and landed on the power lines letting be check him out for a while. Then when making a quick stop to gaze at food scrapes in the compost piles a very large white-winged gull, flying around, caught my eye. The adult GLAUCOUS GULL landed on the piles with the Herring Gulls and allowed some good viewing at binocular distance before they all got up to fly, maybe, back to the lake. I decided to quit when I was ahead and have dinner. Gary On Jan 26, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Jay McGowan wrote: Hi all, I've been to the Cornell compost facility off Stevenson Road several times in the last few days. Over the weekend, Kevin had a second-cycle ICELAND GULL: http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Gulls201102#5565806580337010306 On Monday, gull numbers were very low and I was not able to find anything out of the ordinary. Yesterday, after the return of the students and the resulting influx of wasted food, the numbers were greatly augmented. I found an adult ICELAND GULL with moderately dark wingtips and an interesting pale Herring-type Gull that may well be a Herring x Glaucous hybrid (Nelson's Gull), or possibly just an abnormally large, pale Herring Gull. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566183702254267842 Finally, today I checked in again. All the gulls were up on the hillside above the piles when I arrived and I was not able to pick out anything unusual. As I was about to leave a noticed a few gulls that had moved onto the lower piles near the entrance, and quickly found an adult GLAUCOUS GULL among them. This bird flew around a lot and probably went to the fresh pile as soon as I left. It stands a head taller than the surrounding Herring Gulls, with pure white wingtips, a slightly paler gray mantle, large head and bill, and an obvious yellow eye. A sequence of this bird begins here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmcgowan57/Winter20102011#5566522186077431218 As I was coming up Rt. 13 between Warren and Sapsucker Woods, I saw a pair of COMMON RAVENS flying northwest over the road. As I was walking into the Lab, I saw another COMMON RAVEN flying north over the pond, calling loudly as it flew. Other birds at the Lab lately include the continuing FIELD SPARROW, a female PURPLE FINCH, a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS, and several WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS. Good birding. Jay McGowan Dryden, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://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/CayugabirdsWELCOMEhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULEShttp://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/ --
