Betsy and I hit a few spots on the river from Niagara Falls to Lewiston this afternoon. We focused mainly on the Bonaparte's Gulls, which come into the river at this time of the year in large numbers when it is very windy, as it was today. The highlight was a juvenile SABINE'S GULL, which was flying into the mist of the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls. We viewed the bird from Goat Island on the NY side. Viewing would be better from the Ontario side although the cost of parking there is steep or a long walk is required. We also had five LITTLE GULLS - two above the falls, one below, and two more at Lewiston/Queenston, all adults. Other birds of interest were a COMMON GOLDENEYE and a PIED-BILLED GREBE in the Maid-of-the-Mist cove across from the American Falls, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in the shallows above the third of the Three Sister Islands, and a darker-mantled Herring-type gull, presumably a hybrid, below the falls.
If anyone desires additional information about these birds or locations, please email me off-list. Good birding! Willie ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com -- 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 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
