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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

Eagle-eyed Pat spotted a Lesser Black-backed Gull in nonbreeding plumage and other birders that week noted a Thayer’s Gull (which we may have seen too–I mean, who expects Iceland Gull in April?). This was the High Island Experience, I was told. Well, he did pause for his photo-op, unlike his cousins. It was amazing.

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Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

10,000 Birds

This year, visiting Niagara Falls until January 6th gave me the chance to experience a bit of both latitudes. Cattle Egret – Bulbulcus ibis; House, 7-Jan. Iceland Gull – Larus glaucoides; Niagara county, 2-Jan. The locals don’t always get along with the migrants.