RE: [nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull update Heckscjer SP Suffolk - NO

2018-09-10 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Rare birds become common and vice versa. Counting Lesser Black-backed Gulls is still my raison d'etre, even now that they are common. Many birds are common. And Pat's observation of a fresh juv Ring-billed Gull at Heckscher today gripped me off pretty badly, as I have not yet seen a juv on Long

RE: [nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull update Heckscjer SP Suffolk - NO

2018-09-10 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Rare birds become common and vice versa. Counting Lesser Black-backed Gulls is still my raison d'etre, even now that they are common. Many birds are common. And Pat's observation of a fresh juv Ring-billed Gull at Heckscher today gripped me off pretty badly, as I have not yet seen a juv on Long

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull update Heckscjer SP Suffolk - NO

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
This evening on my way home from work I checked the boat basin, Field 6 and Field 7 and, interestingly,  had NO Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Of interest in Field 7 though, where the puddles continue to fill, I had my first juvenile Black-belled Plover and juvenile Ring-billed Gull of the

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gull update Heckscjer SP Suffolk - NO

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
This evening on my way home from work I checked the boat basin, Field 6 and Field 7 and, interestingly,  had NO Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Of interest in Field 7 though, where the puddles continue to fill, I had my first juvenile Black-belled Plover and juvenile Ring-billed Gull of the

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls - Tiana Beach, Dune Rd, Hampton Bays

2018-09-10 Thread beachmed
Although obviously not in the great numbers as previously reported along the ocean beaches further west, a drive along Dune Rd from 4PM-5PM found at least three Lesser Black-backed Gulls among a small flock in the Tiana ocean beach parking lot. Also there, the usual suspects of Great

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls - Tiana Beach, Dune Rd, Hampton Bays

2018-09-10 Thread beachmed
Although obviously not in the great numbers as previously reported along the ocean beaches further west, a drive along Dune Rd from 4PM-5PM found at least three Lesser Black-backed Gulls among a small flock in the Tiana ocean beach parking lot. Also there, the usual suspects of Great

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls update Robert Moses SP Suffolk Co.

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Shai Mitra reports there are currently 90 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Field 5 at Robert Moses SP. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls update Robert Moses SP Suffolk Co.

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Shai Mitra reports there are currently 90 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Field 5 at Robert Moses SP. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm

Re: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Robert Taylor
fyi, 3 were at Nickerson on the grass by the parking lot around 10am On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:09 PM Alissa Milillo wrote: > Both were still feeding on short beach as of 3:30pm. They moved around the > beach a bit while I was there. They fed on the muddy shore of the cove for > a few minutes

Re: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Robert Taylor
fyi, 3 were at Nickerson on the grass by the parking lot around 10am On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:09 PM Alissa Milillo wrote: > Both were still feeding on short beach as of 3:30pm. They moved around the > beach a bit while I was there. They fed on the muddy shore of the cove for > a few minutes

Re: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Alissa Milillo
Both were still feeding on short beach as of 3:30pm. They moved around the beach a bit while I was there. They fed on the muddy shore of the cove for a few minutes and I lost them once the rain and wind picked up a little while after that. Thanks Tim for getting the word out! Alissa Milillo

Re: [nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Alissa Milillo
Both were still feeding on short beach as of 3:30pm. They moved around the beach a bit while I was there. They fed on the muddy shore of the cove for a few minutes and I lost them once the rain and wind picked up a little while after that. Thanks Tim for getting the word out! Alissa Milillo

[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Timothy Healy
A pair of Hudsonian Godwits are feeding alongside a good variety of shorebirds on the Short Beach sandbar at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station. Knots, turnstones, plovers, and more, still sifting through the smaller birds but wanted to put the word out. Cheers! -Tim H -- NYSbirds-L List

[nysbirds-l] Hudsonian Godwits, Jones Beach, Nassau County

2018-09-10 Thread Timothy Healy
A pair of Hudsonian Godwits are feeding alongside a good variety of shorebirds on the Short Beach sandbar at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station. Knots, turnstones, plovers, and more, still sifting through the smaller birds but wanted to put the word out. Cheers! -Tim H -- NYSbirds-L List

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses SP and Heckscher SP, Suffolk Co.

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Shai Mitra just called to report 69 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses--17 at Field 2 and 52 at Field 5. They are of all ages, including 1 juvenile, and many SY, older immatures and adults. I had 4 at Heckscher SP Field 6 earlier. The puddles at Field 7 are filling slowly but the grassy

[nysbirds-l] Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses SP and Heckscher SP, Suffolk Co.

2018-09-10 Thread Patricia Lindsay
Shai Mitra just called to report 69 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses--17 at Field 2 and 52 at Field 5. They are of all ages, including 1 juvenile, and many SY, older immatures and adults. I had 4 at Heckscher SP Field 6 earlier. The puddles at Field 7 are filling slowly but the grassy