This morning between 7:30 and 8:40, a check of the parking lots and medians at Robert Moses Fields 2, 3, and 5, Captree SP's boat basin and upper lot, and Heckscher SP Fields 7 and 4 yielded only the expected three big gulls, plus Laughing Gulls at Captree SP boat basin lot (6), and Heckscher Field 4 (1). There were zero Lesser Black-backed Gulls anywhere.
Two Greater Yellowlegs at Heckscher Field 7 were the only shorebirds encountered. Great Black-backed Gulls made up the majority of the gulls in this parking lot--I counted 87. With the continuing rain, change in tides, Joaquin's influence and the inevitable turnover of species, it will be interesting to see what else eventually appears in these coastal parks. Patricia Lindsay Bay Shore -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
