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The Event

Will this event (these extreme congregations of gulls) happen again this Spring, in parts of LIS Long Island Sound?  Will it increase year by year?  Where in LIS is it happening, and why? Where is it not happening?

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In the several LIS locations where these large gull flocks have been seen, they can be very EPHEMERAL.  A 2 hour visit in the morning could yield few gulls and a return visit in the afternoon could yield 100s or 1000s, depending perhaps on tides, weather, and other factors we do not understand. This is a very scattered phenomenon, which we are trying to sample, to learn more about it.