Subject: Mew at Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 11:36:40 -0500
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About an hour ago at Brooklyn Army Terminal I came on the presumed
Short-billed Gull Andrew Baksh found a few days ago at Bush Terminal. I sat
on it awhile waiting for a spread wing shot but missed that 15 second
window when someone threw bread and the Ring-billed flock it was with took
flight. I am still trying to find it again, a few others are helping. Rain
is making visibility difficult, but Veterans Pier might also be worth
checking. If anyone finds it, I believe a spread wing shot would help
establish the species most definitively.
Good birding,
Joshua Malbin
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Subject: Re: Mew at Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 11:47:59 -0500
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Sorry, I didn’t realize Andrew did already get spread-wing shots that did
identify this bird definitively as Short-billed. Apologies to Andrew.
wrote:
> About an hour ago at Brooklyn Army Terminal I came on the presumed
> Short-billed Gull Andrew Baksh found a few days ago at Bush Terminal. I sat
> on it awhile waiting for a spread wing shot but missed that 15 second
> window when someone threw bread and the Ring-billed flock it was with took
> flight. I am still trying to find it again, a few others are helping. Rain
> is making visibility difficult, but Veterans Pier might also be worth
> checking. If anyone finds it, I believe a spread wing shot would help
> establish the species most definitively.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Joshua Malbin
>
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