When I arrived at the bay side parking area at Tiana Beach along Dune Road (Suffolk Co) from the east this morning at about 8am I found a first-cycle Iceland Gull in the bay close to shore. I took some not-so-great photos, six of which I cropped and posted here: https://picasaweb.google.com/106800176987581359310/Tiana?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPu1OSrqYO6_QE#5691963764438206258. After I took the photos I returned the car to get my telescope to study the bird some more, but it had disappeared, and I did not find it again.
I'm not Mr. Larid, so I'm interested in any corrections of this id. Later I saw a group of 21 Bonaparte's Gulls again on the bay side of the road near Triton Ln. Richard Kaskan Shoreham, NY -- kas...@ieee.org (512) 748-8660 -- 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/ --
