Not to cause trouble, I know the adult Slaty-backed Gull from Larimer County in 2000 that I saw, had bubble gum pink colored legs, does this bird have them. In the photos, the bird shows pink legs, though not sure the bright pink I remember with other Slaty-backeds I have seen, mostly from Alaska, and the one in Colorado. Other things on this bird look pretty good for Slaty-backed, though hybrids of other species can be look like Slaty-backed like.
Good gulling, it is always interesting this time of year! Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO Sent from my Android On Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 7:45 PM Nicholas Komar <[email protected] wrote: > Like yesterday, the bulk of the Larimer gull flock was hanging out late > this afternoon at Warren Lake, about 5 miles northeast of the county > landfill. The gulls present are listed in my eBird checklist (below). One > of these may have been Slaty-backed Gull (see low-quality photos by > clicking on the link for the eBird checklist). > > Note that there was no Great Black-backed Gull(s). This species is > reported almost daily of late but has never been photographed. If you see > it, please make an effort to photograph it for documentation. Thanks. > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins CO > > *eBird Report * > > Warren Lake, Larimer, Colorado, US > Dec 26, 2018 3:03 PM - 4:42 PM > Protocol: Stationary > 13 species (+1 other taxa) > > Cackling Goose (Richardson's) (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii) 20 > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 60 > Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1 > Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 300 > California Gull (Larus californicus) 1 > Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus) 130 Tally > Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) 3 Two adult, one > juv > Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 10 > Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) 1 Pink legs. I’m unsure of the > species identity. Could be SBGU or maybe a pink-legged fourth-winter LBBG. > Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) 1 > Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid) (Larus argentatus x hyperboreus) 1 > Continuing > Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 1 > Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1 > Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 1 > > View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50979146 > > -- > 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/D752AA0A-3E09-495E-9AC9-36C97D57DC91%40comcast.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/D752AA0A-3E09-495E-9AC9-36C97D57DC91%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CA%2BXeEuW%2BZ1rY-QyyjUYnMkZCJb0e8hf7i%2BTUco8cfg%2ByzZfu1A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
