Central Park, NYC Thursday August 20th OBS: Deborah Allen Inspired by tweets from Adrianb, I decided to check out the Reservoir late this afternoon.
The flock of 21Gadwall reported was still around, but I couldn't relocate the Northern Shoveler. The number of Ring-billed Gulls had increased to at least 200, with many Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls and Double-crested Cormorants around too. Most of the gulls were resting on the dike, including at least eight Laughing Gulls. All of the Laughing Gulls appeared to be molting and none had a solid black head. The Laughing Gulls were best viewed from the south side of the Reservoir near the gate house. A good 3/4 of the gulls took off just a bit before 4pm as is usually the case. Also quite close to the south gate house was a single juvenile Spotted Sandpiper. On the way out, I checked the mudflats at the 59th Street Pond hoping for another Spotted Sandpiper, finding only a Northern Waterthrush and some House Finches. Deborah Allen -- 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/ --
