As Walter promised, I am making available some "witnes-quality" photos of the sub-adult California Gull, at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/cagu12262009. I am sure others acquired much better photos. I have not had time to prepare an explanation as to why the photos depict a California Gull and not a vagrant Black-tailed Gull, but consultation with most field guides should be sufficient. Thanks to Walter for focussing attention on this interesting plumage of California Gull, and to the great gull-viewing opportunity at Thomas Reservoir (and to Ted Floyd for pointing out the gull-viewing opportunities at Erie Reservoir and Valmont Reservoir). I hope to post photos of some other interesting gulls there in the next day or two.
Nick Komar Fort Collins CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
