Yellow legged Herring Gull it is. I thank you all for the feedback. Angus Wilson, point taken. Shaibal Mitra's excellent pictures of a yellow legged Herring Gull seem to show an even darker mantled individual. It has been a great opportunity for me to learn. Thank you. Juan Salas
On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > Both of our common large gull species, Herring and Great Black-backed, > occasionally deviate from their usual dull pink legs to more or less yellow > legs. Some examples of this phenomenon can be seen starting here: > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/109808209543611018404/LaridaeIIHerringGreatBlackBackedGulls#5376517305977522738 > > *From:* "js...@nyu.edu [ebirdsnyc]" <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> > *Date:* March 24, 2015 at 4:02:50 PM EDT > *To:* <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com> > *Subject:* *[ebirdsnyc] Possible Yellow legged Gull at Plumb Beach > 20150324* > *Reply-To:* js...@nyu.edu > > > > Today at 10:30 AM an isolated possible Yellow legged Gull at Plumb Beach. > Near a group of 12 Oystercatchers and 40 Brant, > > I am not an expert, any feedback is welcome. 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