As I reported a few hours ago, I saw the Brooklyn Mew Gull (Common Gull) around 12:05 pm today. Two photos that I took with my consumer digital camera are here:
http://home.bway.net/lewis/birds/mew1.JPG http://home.bway.net/lewis/birds/mew2.JPG Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY --- On Wed, 1/6/10, Robert Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Robert Lewis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Mew Gull - Yes > To: [email protected], "Rob Jett" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:51 PM > Hi, > > I saw the bird around 12:05 pm just as described > below, just east of the footbridge. > > About ten minutes earlier I arrived and met three > other birders there. They had been there for some > time, and had not seen the bird. We split up, and they > walked east toward the parking area. About five > minutes after that, the bird landed in the small flock. I > took some photos and will upload them later. The bird > flew off about ten minutes later. Interestingly, it > and a few Ring-billeds flew to the neighborhood just north > of the footbridge - i.e. the other side of the footbridge, > where one can easily park. It looked like they were > landing in the playground over there. By the time I > got there, there was nothing present but a dog walker. > > Bob Lewis > Sleepy Hollow NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
