RE: [nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir
Photos of the gull are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123166253@N05/sets/72157650700330615/ One of the photos shows the bird with wings outstretched, showing a Thayer's-like wingtip pattern above (black on the outer webs of primaries) and below (small amount of black visible around edges). The other two photos show the bird sitting - one with a Herring Gull in the foreground for comparison. The legs were a deep pink and the head had a fair amount of streaking (although some of the Herring Gulls present showed these characteristics as well). The rounded head and relatively small-looking bill, combined with the pattern on the wingtips, seem like the best reasons to call this a Thayer's. Would be great to hear what others think. Brian Whipple, Drew Haluska and I spent over an hour trying to relocate the gull this afternoon, with no luck. This bird was seen at the southwestern end of the reservoir, where a patch of open water was drawing a lot of gulls closer to the edge of the reservoir than they normally would be. Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:17:37 -0500 Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir From: brian.whip...@gmail.com To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com Sorry, the suspect is an ADULT gull. On Feb 7, 2015 3:54 PM, "Brian Whipple" wrote: Kai Sheffield and I are looking at gulls on the CP Reservoir, searching for one that Kai spotted earlier and thinks may have been a possible Thayer's Gull. He has photos, but we can't attach because they're on a point-and-click camera. We know weird Herring Gulls can look like Thayer's. We are NOT calling this a Thayer's, but if anyone nearby has a scope and wants to come look, please do, and let us know. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir
Sorry, the suspect is an ADULT gull. On Feb 7, 2015 3:54 PM, "Brian Whipple" wrote: > Kai Sheffield and I are looking at gulls on the CP Reservoir, searching > for one that Kai spotted earlier and thinks may have been a possible > Thayer's Gull. > > He has photos, but we can't attach because they're on a point-and-click > camera. > > We know weird Herring Gulls can look like Thayer's. We are NOT calling > this a Thayer's, but if anyone nearby has a scope and wants to come look, > please do, and let us know. > -- 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/ --
Re:[nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir
Sorry, the suspect is an ADULT gull. On Feb 7, 2015 3:54 PM, Brian Whipple brian.whip...@gmail.com wrote: Kai Sheffield and I are looking at gulls on the CP Reservoir, searching for one that Kai spotted earlier and thinks may have been a possible Thayer's Gull. He has photos, but we can't attach because they're on a point-and-click camera. We know weird Herring Gulls can look like Thayer's. We are NOT calling this a Thayer's, but if anyone nearby has a scope and wants to come look, please do, and let us know. -- 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/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir
Photos of the gull are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/123166253@N05/sets/72157650700330615/ One of the photos shows the bird with wings outstretched, showing a Thayer's-like wingtip pattern above (black on the outer webs of primaries) and below (small amount of black visible around edges). The other two photos show the bird sitting - one with a Herring Gull in the foreground for comparison. The legs were a deep pink and the head had a fair amount of streaking (although some of the Herring Gulls present showed these characteristics as well). The rounded head and relatively small-looking bill, combined with the pattern on the wingtips, seem like the best reasons to call this a Thayer's. Would be great to hear what others think. Brian Whipple, Drew Haluska and I spent over an hour trying to relocate the gull this afternoon, with no luck. This bird was seen at the southwestern end of the reservoir, where a patch of open water was drawing a lot of gulls closer to the edge of the reservoir than they normally would be. Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:17:37 -0500 Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] POSSIBLE Thayer's Gull on Central Park Reservoir From: brian.whip...@gmail.com To: NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu; ebirds...@yahoogroups.com Sorry, the suspect is an ADULT gull. On Feb 7, 2015 3:54 PM, Brian Whipple brian.whip...@gmail.com wrote: Kai Sheffield and I are looking at gulls on the CP Reservoir, searching for one that Kai spotted earlier and thinks may have been a possible Thayer's Gull. He has photos, but we can't attach because they're on a point-and-click camera. We know weird Herring Gulls can look like Thayer's. We are NOT calling this a Thayer's, but if anyone nearby has a scope and wants to come look, please do, and let us know. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
