Jean Iron of Toronto, Ontario has posted three photos of the third-basic plumaged Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls, Ontario on the Niagara River, taken Saturday. In addition Paul Hurtado, currently of Ithaca, NY. has posted four photos of the bird, taken shortly after the Cayuga Bird Club discovered it on Saturday. Jean Iron's photos: http://www.jeaniron.ca/Gulls/2006/slatybacked.htm Paul Hurtado's photos: http://www.cam.cornell.edu/~pauljh/ The Slaty-backed was seen again today by many in several different spots above the falls (three times briefly on the breakwall below the control gates), although it did not stay in one place for very long. Yesterday, it was not seen feeding at all. Today, it was. Check everywhere above the falls and if that fails, check below the falls. If all else fails, check the power plants. The first Slaty-backed Gull in 1992 was seen many times above the falls but the last sighting was at the power plants, about a month after Rod Planck of Michigan discovered it in the Niagara Falls, Ontario landfill. The adult-like and immature Kittiwakes were seen below the falls today. The adult California Gull was seen from Adam Beck. Two Purple Sandpipers were seen above the stranded barge (above the falls). I did not hear any reports of the Razorbill though most people were not looking in the early morning which seems to be the best time to find it. Little Gulls were again seen below the falls (and probably elsewhere). There are Icelands and Thayer's around but I have not heard of any Glaucous Gull sightings lately. There were a few Rough-winged Swallows seen yesterday but I did not hear of any today. Good birding! Willie ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 3 17:16:38 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [216.207.4.8]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE33C638EE for <[email protected]>; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:16:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from STUDY (pm8-ppp009.dialup.wzrd.com [24.75.6.59]) by mail.wzrd.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB3MGHb6019415; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:16:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OntBirds" <[email protected]>, "Geneseebirds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Suggs, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:16:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: AccXKKnM974GRU7CTIqit1yvjJPJpg== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-SMTP-Vilter-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Black-headed Gull - Niagara River mouth X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:16:38 -0000
An adult Black-headed Gull was seen today by Bill Broderick of Youngstown, NY at the mouth of the river. Bill was looking from Fort Niagara. Good birding! Willie ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 3 17:20:10 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.167]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5FF63489 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 17:20:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.51.36]) by bay0-omc2-s31.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:20:09 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:20:09 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:20:05 GMT X-Originating-IP: [70.49.184.41] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Andrew Keaveney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:20:05 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2006 22:20:09.0519 (UTC) FILETIME=[318423F0:01C71729] Subject: [Ontbirds] 1st year King Eider, Barrow's Goldeneye, Goldeney hybrid @ Gray's Rd., Stoney Cr X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:20:10 -0000 Hi all. While looking for the Goldeneye's this aft. I was able to spot a 1st year King Eider and show the bird to at least half a dozen other onlookers. The Barrow's was there but difficult to spot at times. I was pretty sure that I had the Common x Barrow's Goldeneye hybrid at one point too. The Black Scoter numbers here are better than I've seen anywhere before in Ontario. Must have been at least half a dozen males and dozens of females!!! This all happened around 4pm. Directions: View from end of Gray's Rd. Gray's Rd. can be reached from the QEW @ Stoney Creek, just s.e. of Hamilton, Ontario. _________________________________________________________________ Not only does WindowsOff to school, going on a trip, or moving? Windows Live (MSN) Messenger lets you stay in touch with friends and family wherever you go. Click here to find out how to sign up! Live OneCare provide all-in-one PC care to keep your computer protected and well-maintained, but it also makes creating backup files a breeze. Try it today! http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/
