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Waterford - birds and ants

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Peter DeGennaro
Thu, Sep 12, 2019 11:08 AM

9/11 - There was a large gull flock hawking flying ants over Harkness
Memorial State Park in Waterford around 5 pm when I arrived. I estimated
about 300 Laughing Gulls as well as smaller numbers of Ring-billed and
Herring. I also had at least two Forster's Terns in with the flock, the
first time I've seen terns take insects. The ant swarm itself was quite
impressive. I uploaded a couple of short videos to my Flickr account to
give an idea:

Some of the gull flock: http://flic.kr/p/2hefh5E

A fraction of the ant swarm: http://flic.kr/p/2hecFH3

Afterwards, there was a flock of 50+ Laughing Gulls hawking what i assume
to be more flying ants about 2 miles inland near Route 1.

Peter DeGennaro
Plainville

9/11 - There was a large gull flock hawking flying ants over Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford around 5 pm when I arrived. I estimated about 300 Laughing Gulls as well as smaller numbers of Ring-billed and Herring. I also had at least two Forster's Terns in with the flock, the first time I've seen terns take insects. The ant swarm itself was quite impressive. I uploaded a couple of short videos to my Flickr account to give an idea: Some of the gull flock: http://flic.kr/p/2hefh5E A fraction of the ant swarm: http://flic.kr/p/2hecFH3 Afterwards, there was a flock of 50+ Laughing Gulls hawking what i assume to be more flying ants about 2 miles inland near Route 1. Peter DeGennaro Plainville