Ashbridge's Bay - WW gulls and more migrants
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Ashbridge's Bay - WW gulls and more migrants

AlvanBuckley

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Hi everyone,

I managed to get down to Ashbridge's Bay this afternoon. I've never been there before so it was fun to explore a new area.

I immediately found several white-winged gulls and found them in two other places, totaling 10 WW gulls!
On my way back I heard and pursued the obvious call of a RWWB and found 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds nearby!

Anyway, here's a quick roundup:

Lakeshore Blvd & Coxwell:
2 Iceland Gulls
1 Glaucous Gull
1 probable Thayer's Gull!

Bay with these coordinates: 43.657269,-79.308865
4 Iceland Gulls, with one adult...there were probably more I can't quite remember

From the main sandy beach:
2 more Iceland Gulls flying by

Others:
~15 Common Redpolls.
1 Canvasback
2 Brown-headed Cowbirds
6 Red-winged Blackbirds

good birding,
Alvan
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by AlvanBuckley »


Andreas Jonsson

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Nice, do you have any pics of the gulls?
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Sure do. I'll post some of them later this evening on my blog.
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Great. Looking forward to seeing them!
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Interesting as I was there on Sunday and photographed a Crow on the ice battling some gulls for something and I noticed the gull was not the regular color pattern...so please post your pics..
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