[Maine-birds] Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Seawall and Popham beaches

I saw three adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls at the mouth of the Morse River today and notice that Helmut did as well.

This brings the total to 5 Lessers I've seen in the past 10 days or so, all different individuals. It's my sense that Lessers behave much like Caspian and Royal terns and don't linger over multiple tide cycles. Initially these birds were all on the Popham side by the river. When the flock was disturbed this trio was gone, unlike all the other gulls that settled on the Seawall Beach side. It's my guess that any adults there tomorrow will be different individuals, but this is difficult to test.

In any case, it's the height of the Lesser fall migration and there promise to be numbers at Popham over the next few weeks, and undoubtedly elsewhere. Bonus points if you find one in your own neighborhood.

Also, 9 Piping Plovers and hundreds of juvenile Sanderlings make me feel better about the generally miserable number of shorebirds passing through Maine these days.

Best, Peter

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