As relayed earlier on geneseebirds by Willie D'Anna, a Yellow-throated Warbler was present this afternoon at Point Gratiot Park in the town of Dunkirk, Chautauqua County. The bird was in the small DEC woodlot at the north end of the park as accessed by turning onto Point Drive North from Route 5 and then parking at the small DEC headquarters lot. The bird was roughly in the central portion of the small woodlot and was loosely associating with 4-6 Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also present in the park were 2 Eastern Towhees, Brown Thrasher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, several Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, and singing Winter Wren. Given the strong SW winds, there were large numbers of gulls and waterbirds flying around and resting in Dunkirk Harbor. Notable were several Common Loons, 728+ Double-crested Cormorants (3/4 of which were sheltering on the inside edge of the outer breakwall), 98 Caspian Terns, 2 Common Terns, 2 1C Iceland Gulls, 1/2C Glaucous Gull, 3C Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a variant adult Herring Gull with bright yellow-orange legs. Photos are here: www.flickr.com/photos/jmpawli10
Jim Pawlicki Amherst, 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
