Hello again,
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F312HBuW0s4/WdZ52hq1LTI/AAAAAAAAB8g/wYiqsenytgs8ZlXMVRZEnhoA1Oq8lo5pwCLcBGAs/s1600/xxGU100417BALAr.jpg> I am adding pictures of the mystery gull and adding the possibility of a Kelp Gull, though being perhaps more rare but having a late summer record in Latimer County in 2003. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2OtyoGMHL9g/WdZ5kvsPSKI/AAAAAAAAB8c/wFKH5bB5pNIXqhbpwOUZ_Wf3Su5UBlq-ACLcBGAs/s1600/xxGU100417BALAf2.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1A4O32-ji_4/WdZ5Y2h0rwI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/iCn3vDv-_kkXj6oMTtlSIF1_t_2Visk3ACLcBGAs/s1600/xxGU100417BALAf.jpg> On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 9:21:03 PM UTC-6, Bill Schreitz wrote: > > Hello, This morning, visiting Barr lake for the first time since I moved > here from the east in March, I saw a flock of California Gulls of some 300+ > close to the edge of the island viewed from the smartweed lakeside point > out from the banding nets. While attempting to count them individually, I > clearly came across one that was not like the others. The beak was bright > yellow and the gonydeal spot was bright red with no trace of black. The > head was all white and the eye was dark. The legs were pale, no hint of > yellow or pink, not unlike the gulls nearby. The back & wings were dark > gray/black, certainly seemingly black in comparison to the other gulls. > > Were it not for the size (which appeared only slightly larger than the > California Gulls), I would have been convinced I was looking at a Great > Black-backed Gull, a bird with which I am familiar, having watched them > expand their territory in Maryland for the past 20 years. > > I ruled out the Western Gull (perhaps equally unlikely with the respect to > range) because of the leg & eye color. I also dismissed the Lesser > Black-backed gull because of its foot color & brown streaking > characteristically on its head. > > I am puzzled as to what is left for me other than another learning > opportunity. I do have some pictures if anyone is interested, but at 120 > yards or so, they are marginally archival. (FYI, the scope I was using is a > Kowa 80mm, and the lense for the camera is a Olympus 200mm telephoto with a > 1.4 converter.) > > Bill > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/11f009b5-c531-43d5-a09b-d0e3fd33bb57%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
