Update: the Slaty-back is currently preening on the ice sheet at the north end of the Reservoir. Well visible from the northeast shoreline. An Iceland Gull is presently right next to it, and there have been three individual Lesser Black-backs around the area today as well.
Cheers! -Tim H > On Feb 12, 2022, at 12:14 PM, Timothy Healy <tp...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > After nearly 17 hours of search time over the course of my 7 attempts, > including 6 hours today, the Slaty-backed Gull is on the Reservoir now, > bathing near the western shore. We are watching it in nice light at a > distance from the northeast shoreline. > > Cheers! > -Tim H > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --