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Interesting Northern NY Birds post below from Larry Master regarding the Ivory Gull. Joan Collins Potsdam & Long Lake From: northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larry master Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:08 PM To: northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com Subject: NNYBirds: Ivory Gull photos I wanted to share some photos from yesterday morning at Rouses Point where one of the most subtly beautiful birds in the world put on a nice display for morning visitors under mostly cloudy but calm skies. Low resolution images are posted at http://www.masterimages.org/Birds/Ivory%20Gull/index.html (images #4-37 are the Rouses Point bird). The red orbital ring is barely visible in some of the images. The delight in seeing this rare Arctic visitor is tempered by the knowledge that monitored breeding colonies in Canada declined 80% between the 1980s and 2005. One has to wonder if the increase in sightings the last two winters in U.S. waters is related to degradation of its foraging and wintering habitat in its normal winter haunts along the southern edge of the thinning and shrinking Arctic pack ice. As always, if anyone would like high resolution versions of any of the images on my web site, please email me off group. Larry Master Lake Placid [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to <mailto:lawrencemas...@gmail.com?subject=ivory%20gull%20photos> sender | Reply <mailto:northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com?subject=ivory%20gull%20photos> to group Messages <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Northern_NY_Birds/message/9899;_ylc=X3oDMTMzN 2s2anZ0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQzMTIwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjU3ODcEbXNnSWQDO Tg5OQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyNjczOTQ5MjgEdHBjSWQDOTg5OQ--> in this topic (1) Recent Activity: . <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Northern_NY_Birds/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMHByaW VjBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQzMTIwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjU3ODcEc2VjA3Z0bARzbG sDdm1icnMEc3RpbWUDMTI2NzM5NDkyOA--?o=6> New Members 3 <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Northern_NY_Birds;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZ3Bwc25tBF9TAz k3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQzMTIwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjU3ODcEc2VjA3Z0bARzbGsDdmdocA RzdGltZQMxMjY3Mzk0OTI4> Visit Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Northern_NY_Birds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJkbzJmYzU4B F9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQzMTIwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjU3ODcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDb nRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjY3Mzk0OTI4> Start a New Topic All postings to Northern_NY_Birds are protected by copyright law. <http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjb2pvYWxwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzQzM TIwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjU3ODcEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZ2ZwBHN0aW1lAzEyNjczOTQ5Mjg-> Yahoo! Groups Switch to: <mailto:northern_ny_birds-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=change%20deliv ery%20Format:%20Traditional> Text-Only, <mailto:northern_ny_birds-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=email%20delivery:%2 0Digest> Daily Digest . <mailto:northern_ny_birds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=unsubscribe> Unsubscribe . <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Use . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=431203/grpspId=1705065787/msgId= 9899/stime=1267394928/nc1=4507179/nc2=5741393/nc3=5733765> __,_._,___ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
