[nysbirds-l] Some Thoughts on Recent Bird Movements

2018-09-27 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi all, Bob Lewis's report of about seven Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses SP yesterday would have caused a sensation just 20 years ago. I vividly recall Pat's and my excitement at finding four LBBGs in one day, including one of the first juveniles ever reliably recorded from Long

[nysbirds-l] Some Thoughts on Recent Bird Movements

2018-09-27 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Hi all, Bob Lewis's report of about seven Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Robert Moses SP yesterday would have caused a sensation just 20 years ago. I vividly recall Pat's and my excitement at finding four LBBGs in one day, including one of the first juveniles ever reliably recorded from Long