Re: [MDOsprey] Kelp Gull - NOT
Jane Kostenko (jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 12:01:07 -0500
The New York birders went back on Sunday at 7:45 a.m. and the Kelp Gull
was present. They didn't say how long they stayed looking at the gull.
Another birder wrote that they saw the Kelp Gull on Friday for several
sometimes-short visits from 2:20 p.m. until 4:15.
As mentioned in the latest update, the kelp gull seems to be affected by
the shortened days, and it is not reliably seen in the early morning (like
sunrise) or mid- to late-afternoon (even as early as 3 p.m.) Given that
birds have wings, though, there's no guarantee any time...Sorry you didn't
get to see ol' Shrimpy.
Jane Kostenko
jkostenko@somd.lib.md.us
California, MD
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Mullarkey <DANIELM@MAILBOX.ECON.AG.GOV>
To: mdosprey@ARI.Net <mdosprey@ARI.Net>
Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:34 AM
Subject: [MDOsprey] Kelp Gull - NOT
>Went looking for the Kelp Gull on Saturday, but with no luck. Stopped
>by the first time at 11:00, went to Pt. Lookout, and then returned
>from 2:00 - 3:15. In talking to other birders (included a couple from
>NY and one on his way back to FL after getting the common crane in the
>midwest), it seems Shrimpy wasn't there from 11-3:15, which is
>supposedly his most regular shift. Did anyone else see him Saturday
>or Sunday?
>
>We did get to see all 3 scoters at Pt. Lookout SP, as well as 1
>oldsquaw, 7 pelicans, a few scattered common loons, and maybe 50 very
>attractive bufflehead.
>
>Dan Mullarkey
>Rosslyn, VA
>