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Index of Subjects Yesterday, 11 December there was a lesser black backed gull among the large flock of mostly ring billed gulls on the field with fresh manure on hwy 358 between Greenwich and Port Williams. George Forsyth Quoting Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I'm surprised you haven't noticed that before, as it happens many evenings > over my house, and has done for years! I think these are birds heading out > to spend the night on the Minas Basin or Boot Island, and I less often see > them heading west again in the morning - ? to fields further down the > Valley. I keep hoping to see a LBBG to add to my "yard list" but it hasn't > happened yet. I have a friend with a cottage at Porter's Point, and the > phenomenon is even more noticeable there, as presumably the large flocks of > gull in the fields around Canard and Canning fly over there in the same > way. Often the flocks are in loose formation, but I have also regularly > seen them forming Vees. Cormorants do the same. Crows don't seem to - there > were about 1,000 flying into trees around the shopping area in New Minas a > couple of nights ago at dusk. > > Talking of LBB Gulls, there seems to be at least one in every flock of > Herring Gulls around the field between Kentville and Canning these days, > and this morning was no exception, with 1 across from Wittenburg's Poultry. > > Richard > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:08 PM, andy dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> I walk regularly in the morning and usually notice scattered groups of >> gulls >> heading east to west in haphazard fashion, but one early morning recently >> I >> saw four flocks of gulls , about fifteen to twenty each time, heading >> west >> in Vee formation....I thought they were geese until they came closer. I >> have >> never seen gulls forming up this way and wonder if maybe it is a recent >> innovation....or maybe they were migrating? Any suggestions? >> Andy >> >> Andy and Lelia Dean >> 86 Baden Powell Drive >> Kentville, N.S. >> (902) 678-6243 >> >> >> >> > > > -- > ################# > Richard Stern, > Port Williams, NS, Canada > sternrichard@gmail.com > ################### >
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