Kevin McGowan of Cornell Lab of Ornithology will fill in for the banquet talk Saturday night. They spent two weeks in the Peruvian Amazon in July 2001, and were able to take pictures of many unusual and interesting tropical birds. Kevin will demonstrate the techniques they use, and then share photos from their trip. The 2002 Annual Meeting will be the weekend of September 20-22, hosted by the Naturalists Club of Broome County. The Federation sponsors field trips throughout New York.
Local experts lead the field trips.
This outstanding weekend trip was timed to coincide with the presence of large numbers of gulls in the Niagara region, and we were not disappointed. We had excellent views of the striking back pattern from above at Sir Adam Beck Generating Plant. A Glaucous Gull, a couple of Iceland Gulls and a Thayer's Gull were watched from the same vantage point. Several Lesser Black-backed Gulls were studied carefully while they perched on a pier above the falls. Bonaparte's Gulls were abundant in several places, as were the three common gull species, but we were not able to locate either a Little Gull or a California Gull as reported by other people.