[MDOsprey] Pt Lookout 11:45-1:00 (12/16)
Greg Miller (hawk-owl@yahoo.com)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:17:45 -0800 (PST)
I was at Pt Lookout from 11:45am to 1:00pm today
hunting for my arche nemesis Ross' Gull. Near 1:00pm I
found a large group of Bonaparte's Gulls (~200 birds)
roughly due East of the Point. Unfortunately, the
flock was well over a mile distant, not even visible
to the naked eye (I found them as tiny specs scanning
with 7x binoculars). Even with the scope maxed out at
60x, I was barely able to id the gulls.
The good news is that the flock location seems to
always be in flux. The bad part is that I ran out of
time. Maybe someone else will be lucky.
Bufflehead, Goldeneye, and Oldsquaw were present in
large numbers as were scoters (well represented with
all 3 species). I counted a dozen Gannetts and even
found a lone Brown Pelican.
The wind has picked up from the west is gusting
20-30mph now, so viewing conditions are a little more
rugged. I left Tyler Bell and Patty Craig at the
Point around 1pm.
-still Ross' Gull-less
Greg Miller
(someday, I may tell the story about missing the Ross'
Gull in Baltimore by 5 minutes on the *last* day it
was seen...)
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