To follow up on Doug Gochfeld's earlier post, the adult "Kumlien's" Iceland Gull (ICGU) was present this evening at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The bird was initially spotted today by Karen Ohearn. It is important when scanning the pilings to occasionally change vantage points as the gull was hidden from view initially. The large gulls were coming in to roost at 4:15 and the ICGU was seen soon after. This seems to be the daily routine, although yesterday the large gulls began to come to roost much later and majority of birds actually came in after 5pm as light was fading and viewing conditions were less than optimal. The ICGU was not seen yesterday despite multiple observers looking. For comparison, today there were over 300 Herring Gulls on the pilings by 4:30 and yesterday at 4:30 there were approximately 75.
A few images are imbedded in the following checklist. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27195105 Good birding, Sean Sime Brooklyn, NY -- 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/ --
