The Nemesis Bird » Memorial Lake SP http://www.nemesisbird.com birding in s.e. Pennsylvania Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Strike three for Thayer’s http://www.nemesisbird.com/2006/12/strike-three-for-thayers/ http://www.nemesisbird.com/2006/12/strike-three-for-thayers/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:26:00 +0000 Drew http://drewweber.wordpress.com/2006/12/28/strike-three-for-thayers/ Well, I have been to Memorial Lake 3 times now to see the Thayer’s Gull and last night was the closest I have come to see it. It showed up as it was getting dark and Tom Johnson gave me a call that he was seeing it from across the lake. My mistake was trying to see it from where I was rather than whipping over to his location. By the time I finally did go over to the other vantage point it was much too dark to get a satisfactory look. I am fairly positive that I actually saw the bird but I don’t like to count things when I am not 100% positive that I know what I am looking at.
There were good numbers of other gulls as well. I counted at least 50 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls along with 100′s of Ring-billed and Herring Gulls. A small group of A. Coot and 2 Common Mergansers boosted the diversity a tad.

The only other exciting news was the report of an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Lititz, PA. If I can manage to find this bird tomorrow it will be a life bird!

]]> http://www.nemesisbird.com/2006/12/strike-three-for-thayers/feed/ 0 The Chase is on! http://www.nemesisbird.com/2006/12/the-chase-is-on/ http://www.nemesisbird.com/2006/12/the-chase-is-on/#comments Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:01:00 +0000 Drew http://drewweber.wordpress.com/2006/12/27/the-chase-is-on/ Yesterday Tom Johnson reported a California Gull at Memorial Lake State Park along with the Thayer’s Gull that has been frequenting the area. I am off to meet him and hopefully see both birds.

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