Stopped at East 72nd Street for an hour this
afternoon.  A number of waterfowl were in the area,
taking advantage of the easy fishing.  So easy, in
fact, that it had turned most of the diving species
into dabblers - most of them were just plucking fish
from the surface.  A few "half-hardy" species, perhaps
of interest to you January listers included:
Green-winged Teal (1f), Northern Pintail (5m),
Northern Shoveler (1f), Gadwall (3m, 1f), and Ruddy
Duck (2m).

And, of course, there were a good number of
"white-winged" gull sp. present, as well:
Thayer's  1  1st
Glaucous  2  1st, 2nd
Iceland  5  all 1st
Lesser Black-backed  2  3rd, ad - I usually fail to
even mention this species, but they have been a bit
thin here, as of late

Bring on that ice!
Gabe Leidy
Cleveland

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