If anyone goes to King George today or tomorrow to look for the cranes and
godwit, please scan the big flocks of laughing gulls carefully for Franklins
Gulls. I have never seen one there despite lots and lots of careful scanning of
big flocks of gulls, so it would be exciting for someone to find one.
Also please remember to stay on LaGrange Lane, and near route 3 at the
beginning of Farley Vale Dr. Please do not go into the fields.
Thanks Fred
Frederick D. Atwood Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675 http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood http://www.flinthill.org ;
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_atwoodfrontpage.html ;
https://www.flickr.com/photos/75425046@N06/sets/
From: Ned Brinkley <23cahow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 10:13 AM
Subject: [Va-bird] Franklin's Gull flight
Currently there is a large flight of the species occurring in the mid-Atlantic
states north of Virginia.
If history, such as the 1998 flight, is any guide, this will be a rather quick
event, probably only today and tomorrow possibly on Sunday, will be mostly
coastal, and will involve dozens of birds. Counts from Cape May are already
fairly large, in the dozens. If anyone has time to get out to the coast, or to
Craney Island, those would be optimal locations. Four have reached Ocean City,
Maryland as of 10 AM today. In the past, Virginia has missed out on these
events, mostly because there was no one watching the coast at the time. Very,
very few Franklin's have been documented by photograph in Virginia.
Ned Brinkley,
Cape Charles, Virginia
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