Date: 1/20/25 5:03 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Sunday, 1/19 - Short-billed, Black-headed, and Iceland Gulls + waterfowl
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, January 19 -
A SHORT-BILLED GULL was found and photographed - A. Vinson - on the Central Park reservoir, on Sunday afternoon, which led to many independent observers going to observe and to further photograph this rarity, which is believed to possibly or probably be a returning individual after a very long absence.
Yet more observers were able to view and photograph the lingering for several days Black-headed Gull, again on Sunday, and of very many who saw Iceland Gull also on the Central Park reservoir, some observers photographed both the adult and a younger Iceland on the day. There is a possibility that more than just 2 individual Iceland Gulls have come to visit the Central Park reservoir this winter. Six species of gull at one time on this water body in Manhattan is quite exceptional, and yet other gull species might be watched for if the gullapalooza goes on for any time at this location. The regular 3 winter season gulls of this location are Ring-billed, American Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls.
In addition to the fairly long-staying Snow Goose which can be highly mobile and has been on Randalls Island as well as -mostly- seen in Central Park, additional recent duckage for Central Park included Lesser Scaup, which was noted previously but by Sunday was seen by a greater number of observers. This was additional to Ring-necked Duck which had been present for some days also on the Central Park reservoir.
Thanks to the dozens of hardy and keen observers and photographers for many excellent sightings and photos of all of the above-noted birds, with reports via the discord alerts and other non-x alerts as well as thru eBird including the Macaulay library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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