I made several stops along Brooklyn Coastal during the earlier downpours albeit
a bit late in the morning.
Highlights included, 42 Bonaparte’s Gulls at Gravesend Bay (Middle Parking
Lot). The rains created some pools and Gulls were gathering there - though
nothing unusual in the mixed flock.
At Drier Offerman I also connected with the massive flock of Bonaparte’s
mentioned by Sean Sime. While no unusual Gull turned up in that flock, I did
manage to pull out a Common Tern from among the Gulls. A Wilson’s Snipe and
Louisiana Waterthrush were other highlights from that location.
Later at Floyd Bennett Field I managed 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, all adults.
Quite good given that I had arrived there later than I would have liked.
Cheers,
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become
a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
- Nietzsche
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"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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