Tuesday 4 September 2001 Regional RBAs have been reporting a new influx of gulls into the Great Lakes including a couple of Sabine's Gulls. At Conneaut Harbor yesterday John Pogacnik obtained a fine shot of another early Lesser Black-backed Gull . Select the image for a much larger view. Holding a digital camera up to a 50x Kowa, Tom Bartlett obtained this photodocumentation that morning.
Songbird migration is in full swing.
Many warbler species have been reported including several Connecticuts . One gets the sense that the fall songbird flight is about a week ahead of where it has been in recent years. Gary Meszaros reports 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Conneaut Harbor yesterday morning. A Willet was present in the vicinity of Pipe Creek W.A. yesterday evening. The impoundments proper held no birds as the water levels had risen, but 400 yards to the east one could spy some exposed shoreline courtesy a strong SW'ly wind.