I stopped by Captree State Park at about 8:30 this morning, where the Common Ground Dove appeared for a short period of time in the northeastern corner of the upper (south) parking lot. The bird was still being seen at about 12:00PM in the same location. The Western Kingbird was also observed by other birders this morning, perched in a shrub at the entrance to the upper parking lot.
I stopped at Cedar Overlook Beach at about 10:00AM to see how the area was shaping up for the upcoming Captree CBC. There were approximately 350 Bonaparte's Gulls feeding off the bar that stretches west to Cedar Beach. Prolonged scanning produced an immature Black-legged Kittiwake feeding with the Bonaparte's Gulls. An encouraging aspect of this observation was that an estimated seventy percent of the Bonaparte's were immature birds, an age class that seemed to be poorly represented the last few years. Ken Feustel -- 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/ --
