On this last last of the year,it's all gulls.
Bush Terminal Pier Park hosted both Glaucous and Black headed Gulls, with the latter also visiting Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4.
BATPier 4 had the Lesser black back gill today, continuing at this location.Itd a good time visiting both renown gull spots. A late report also placed this species in Brooklyn bridge park.( See the report below)
Meanwhile the Iceland gull hangs around Prospect Park ,an observer believing it's the Thayer's subspecies, this bird continuing since pre CBC .
A hen Common Merganser also stuck around on the lake,loving the place
Happy New Year!...
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Dec 30, 2025 16:29 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "2cy @marina"
- Reported Dec 30, 2025 16:29 by MI YU
- Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Comments: "2cy @marina"
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Dec 31, 2025 13:58 by Julian Elman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Dark eye, small greenish bill, rounded head, very pink legs. Pale underwing. Appeared only a bit larger than nearby RBGUs. Seen with mchl from hammerhead but eventually lost in flight over the lake. I still need to dig into the finer ID details but the spread wings look consistent with recent photos."
- Reported Dec 31, 2025 13:58 by Julian Elman
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Dark eye, small greenish bill, rounded head, very pink legs. Pale underwing. Appeared only a bit larger than nearby RBGUs. Seen with mchl from hammerhead but eventually lost in flight over the lake. I still need to dig into the finer ID details but the spread wings look consistent with recent photos."
Something to think about for the New year:
What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is success?
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
Ralph Waldo Emerson
