Thursday, January 13, 2022

Rare gulls on prospect lake


When there's frozen lake gulls congregate in good numbers; and sometimes those good ones show up.

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2022 11:50 by karen o'hearn

- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S100665649
- Comments: "light juvenile"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2022 11:50 by karen o'hearn

- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S100665649
- Comments: "adult.  dark mantle and yellow-tinted legs. smaller than herring gull & bigger than ring-billed gull"