The previously reported "Common" Mew Gull was present this morning in Brooklyn, just southeast of the pedestrian bridge, from 8:00-8:15. A lot of people searched later without luck.
Three of us dashed over to Staten Island afterward and saw the Summer Tanager at Clove Lakes Park (and also Red-headed Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Pine Warbler). It occurred to us that it was unlikely that many people have seen Common Gull and Summer Tanager in the same day before, so we decided to up the ante. We shamelessly twitched Tundra Swan at Massapequa, 35 (!) Wood Ducks at Belmont Lake, Black Guillemot at Sebonac Inlet, and Richard Kaskan's Snowy Owl at Shinnecock Inlet (on a tip from Tom Burke), among 63 other species, for what would surely be a unique ebird entry--if we were not preoccupied by two upcoming CBCs this weekend, with ominous weather forecasts.... Shai Mitra Pat Lindsay Joan Quinlan Bay Shore, NY Think green before you print this email. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
