Twelve birders from the BOS and nine from the GOS enjoyed a pleasant, if somewhat quiet, birding day along the river. Our most productive gull stop was at the Sir Adam Beck overlook where we saw 7 species including Thayers (1), Iceland (4) and Lesser Black-backed (1). We missed the California Gull by ¾ of an hour (seen by Jean Iron and others). Down stream and upstream we searched unsuccessfully for a Little Gull but added 4 more Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 just above the falls and 3 below the control structure. Other birds of interest were a light morph Rough-legged Hawk seen by the ODonnells on the way out of Fort Niagara SP, a Common Loon, several Long-tailed Ducks and three Dunlin in a fly over flock of Cedar Waxwings at Old Fort Niagara, a great Blue Heron in the gorge at Sir Adam Beck, the injured Brant plus a Hooded Merganser, Green-winged Teal and Red-breasted Nuthatch the just above the falls and a Belted Kingfisher at Nichols Marina on the way home. The Rochester Group, lead by Bob Spahn, saw additional species of interest on the way from Rochester (and probably on the way back too). Mike Hamilton (BOS leader)
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