Typically, gulls don't get met to excited. I admit that gulls still exist in my mind as mostly confusing and less than fun to sort through. Warblers I love. Sparrows even are interesting. But gulls?
Today I got a text that a Black-Headed Gull was on the Central Park Reservoir. Since this would be a life bird I decided to hop on the subway and ride down the 15 minutes to see if I could find it. When I approached the big body of water, I saw some birders setting up a scope, so I figured they might have it. I was happy that before they showed me where it was, I actually found the Black-Headed Gull, on the close side of what was probably 400 gulls! Actually, as gulls go, Black-Headed is really quite beautiful. Red legs and bill.
A bonus was a first year Iceland Gull--another unusual one! Only spent about 30 minutes there and got two great birds.
-Mike
