The Cattle Egret found by Bobby Rossetti and reported by Dave Klauber was still present near the northeast corner of Field 5 at 5:30 this evening.
Present then at Field 2 were 6 LBBGs in a discrete flock: 2 near adults, a 3rd Winter, and 3 juvs. At lunchtime, Patricia found a second near adult LBBG at Heckscher (just one of that appearance was present there is morning), bringing our tally today to 11 LBBGs, including 6 juvs--and we covered just three sites in southwestern Suffolk (Heckscher, Captree, and RMSP). As noted by Angus, the gulls appeared to be arriving and departing in a dynamic fashion, and our impression (pending photo analysis) was that there was no obvious overlap among the 5+ individuals observed yesterday at RMSP and the 6+ observed there today. Shai Mitra Bay Shore Think green before you print this email. -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
