The reporter asked if we had given the bird a nickname. Those of us on the
beach at the time said that it hadn't and that generally such things weren't
done. He said he probably would give it a nickname and suggested several. We
groaned and said no. He gave it a nickname anyway, of his own cho
The Gray-Hooded Gull might still be in the area. It clearly seems to have
arrived at the beach from somewhere else on the days it has been seen and has
been seen to fly off to somewhere else later in the day. Let's pool information:
For each day it has been seen:
What has been its arrival time?
The bath house is on the beach, next to the boardwalk, at the south end of
Stillwell Avenue/Henderson Walk, about one block east of the Wonder Wheel and
the palm tree fountain. The bird sometimes perches on the roof.
-Original Message-
From: Shaibal Mitra
To: NYSBIRDS (NYSB
Hot summer Sunday afternoon from 2:30 - 3:00 PM - no luck. Half a million (or
more) noisy people on the beach, the boardwalk and in Astroland on the north
side of the boardwalk. No gulls at all on the ground. Not more than 20 gulls of
any kind in the air or perched on the roof of the bath hous
-Original Message-
From: ProsBird
To: NYSBIRDS-L ; ebirdsnyc
Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 7:47 pm
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Trapped Cooper's hawk in Library of Congress
A story unfolded of a female Copper's Hawk trapped high inside the Library of
Congress since Wednesday. NBC Nig
Query:
What was the weather at the time of the die-off and in the 72 hours before? Was
it cold? Was there precipitation?
It might be advisable to do an analysis of the feathers of the birds to see
whether they had natural weatherproofing. In some places, icterids are
considered agricultural pe