Please see the e-mail below from Gail Mackiernan, who asked me to post this on the list serve.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gail Mackiernan <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:11 PM Subject: gull (or no gull) today To: [email protected] Hi Andrew, I can't post to NY Birds but maybe you could forward this to the list Several of us from Maryland and Virginia drove up today and failed to see the gull. However we did obtain some information -- two gentlemen (locals) said they had been at "the spot" (in front of Nathan's) from about 8 AM and had not seen the bird. Adding, "we heard someone did about 7:30". Later another birder said he had been told by a policeman (one of those on the little run-abouts) that he -- the cop -- had seen the bird earlier further south along the beach -- describing the "gull with the red bill and legs." We did not meet any birders who personally had seen the gull; however since we didn't arrive until 9:30 AM, those with early success may well have left. I don't think the palm sprizter was off today only because it was cool -- the one further south was going full blast all day -- but because there was a sandcastle-building project with day-camp kids most of the late morning and early afternoon, and it was located right next to the sprayer. Who knows? But obviously, if it is important to the gull they need to turn it on -- all those scores of birders were eating a lot of hot dogs, ice cream etc.! Many of us who failed to see the bird will undoubtedly try again so any reports -- a negative report is as valuable as a positive one, by the way, if not as good to hear -- so please everyone, keep posting! Gail Mackiernan Colesville, MD -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
