Ben, glaucous-winged Gull is concolorous-all one color. And paler than your bird. Your bird has blacker tertials and primaries. It is Herring Gull.
Nick Komar Fort Collins CO > On Dec 6, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all - > This bird was on the sandbar, along with many Ring-billeds, Herring, and a > Thayer's. This bird was a juvenile or 1st winter. Deep pink legs. Light brown > overall, with some white on rumps and around bill. Herring Gull sized, but > the bill seemed a good deal thicker than a Herring. Because of these > features, I am leaning towards Glaucous-winged Gull. If it is not, sorry for > the false alarm. > > I am having trouble uploading pictures on google groups. To see the below > picture larger, go to my ebird checklist for it at : > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50485117 > > > Ben Sampson > Centennial, CO > > <IMG_6827 - Edited.jpg> > > > -- > 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/099a0541-f79b-443b-9473-a270743ad609%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <IMG_6827 - Edited.jpg> -- 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/EEE7F524-6D78-49ED-88A7-1F8B73E5D46D%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
