Dennis Hrehowsik reported on his lunch hour a flyover adult BLACK-HEADED GULL at the Erie Basin Police impoundment lot, that he eventually relocated the gull at the Dwight Street pier in Red Hook. That bird was tweeted out at 12:58. At 1:30 Kathy Toomey tweeted out on Twitter the usual ( of the past few days) BLACK HEADED GULL adult spotted on the Owls Head Treatment Sewage plant in northern Bay Ridge. This is adjacent to Veterans Pier where I saw it yesterday midday.Whether its the same bird or two different birds is a matter of speculation as far as the crow flies and depending how long the first sighting stayed at Dwight St pier. ( The two locales are roughly two miles apart) . For either adult --assuming two- its a beauty ! If you want to see if I meant it , check out this list sent and shared by Heydi Lopes, that Alie Ratay also saw at Veterans Pier yesterday http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35300535
The Prospect Goshawk is less cooperative today. It appeared once at 9 am, seen by Marvin Baptiste on Breeze Hill. After that when I spotted mid morning waiting birders on Terrace Bridge, no luck.
WOOD DUCKS took over the Upper Pool . There's at least thirty of this glamorous duck around the little island. Its a high number that even Cornell ebird flags as so that I had to comment whether I was sure. A head scratcher there.
7 RING NECKED DUCKS remain off Peninsula thumb as well as 6 NORTHERN SHOVELERS in the same general area.
Happy Spring first day !