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A great trip today out to West Ironbound today with the South Shore Natural=
ists Club. We were able to see many herring gulls in all stages of nesting=
from eggs to a chick just hatching out to a few day old chicks to those of=
a week old. There are far more gulls there than last year. The numbers h=
ave tripled. We could not walk through one area due to the density of nest=
s and young. For those who are biting their teeth, we moved through areas =
quickly and did not hang for any length of time to unduly disturb any nesti=
ng species. Greater black-backed gulls also tripled with about thirty nest=
s. Their young were far advanced, with skirmishes of defense for the chick=
s from other Greater Black-backed gulls. The cormorant colony also increas=
ed with about 120 nests. They are late this year and many are still carryi=
ng nesting materials. Last year I suspected nesting of great blue heron on=
the island. This year I was able to confirm it with about five nests. Th=
ere might be more, but I did not spend a lot of time there. Once I had con=
firmation that the birds were actually on nests and that nests had been bui=
lt I boogied out of the area very quickly. The rest of the group did not s=
ee these nests as I did not allow them to accompany me for the check.
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Of note, blackpoll warblers are not common in this area in regards to nesti=
ng. Last year there was one on the island vocalizing and this year there w=
ere at least three males. One was very co-operative allowing the entire gr=
oup great viewing and Dorothy snapped an awesome photo.
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For atlassers, I'm organizing a square bash in which birders will be droppe=
d on Mosher's Island and on Cape LaHave Island. This will be on June 21 wi=
th a rain date of June 22. If interested please contact me and specify, wh=
ich island you would like to be dropped on. More details to follow when I =
get chance.
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James R. Hirtle
East LaHave
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A great trip today out to West Ironbound today with the South Shore Natural=
ists Club. We were able to see many herring gulls in all stages of ne=
sting from eggs to a chick just hatching out to a few day old chicks to tho=
se of a week old. There are far more gulls there than last year. =
; The numbers have tripled. We could not walk through one area d=
ue to the density of nests and young. For those who are biting their =
teeth, we moved through areas quickly and did not hang for any length of ti=
me to unduly disturb any nesting species. Greater black-backed gulls =
also tripled with about thirty nests. Their young were far advanced, =
with skirmishes of defense for the chicks from other Greater Black-backed g=
ulls. The cormorant colony also increased with about 120 nests. =
They are late this year and many are still carrying nesting materials.&nbs=
p; Last year I suspected nesting of great blue heron on the island. T=
his year I was able to confirm it with about five nests. There might =
be more, but I did not spend a lot of time there. Once I had confirma=
tion that the birds were actually on nests and that nests had been built I =
boogied out of the area very quickly. The rest of the group did not s=
ee these nests as I did not allow them to accompany me for the check.<BR>
<BR>
Of note, blackpoll warblers are not common in this area in regards to nesti=
ng. Last year there was one on the island vocalizing and this year th=
ere were at least three males. One was very co-operative allowing the=
entire group great viewing and Dorothy snapped an awesome photo.<BR>
<BR>
For atlassers, I'm organizing a square bash in which birders will be droppe=
d on Mosher's Island and on Cape LaHave Island. This will be on June =
21 with a rain date of June 22. If interested please contact me and s=
pecify, which island you would like to be dropped on. More details to=
follow when I get chance.<BR>
<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
East LaHave<BR>
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