Steve hasn’t chimed in for the gulls because he is in Baja Mexico. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 1, 2020, at 6:33 PM, John D <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Aaron : > > I have not heard of any confirmation from outside of CO gull experts to > confirm either , but the Glaucous-winged looks more likely to me , I am very > uncertain about the Slaty-backed .Nick Komar has been wrong in previous years > . > > Any way I will be traveling up with Lynne Miller tomorrow to check the gulls > out , not that I need either for my state list but Lynne needs Slaty-backed > .I think we will arrive around 10:30 .Perhaps we will see you there . > > Best > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Azz85' via Colorado Birds <[email protected]> > To: quetzal65 <[email protected]> > Cc: Cobirds <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Feb 1, 2020 4:59 pm > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Warren Lake gulls (Larimer) > > I am interested in chasing the gulls at Warren lake. It is a bit of a drive, > so I am wondering if anyone is 100% confident with the slaty-backed and > glaucous-winged identification? > > I have noticed that some people are calling the bird good and some hybrids. > Are these pure gulls? > > I’ll defer to the experts > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > Aaron Shipe > Jeffco > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 29, 2020, at 10:54 PM, Nicholas Komar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Warren Lake is currently a gull hotspot, due to large fish population with > > a large flock of common mergansers and common Goldeneye bringing fish to > > the surface. Furthermore, there seems to be many dead fish frozen in the > > ice sheet at the west end. The smorgasbord is attracting 500-600 gulls > > present throughout the day. The area is private. However birders are > > welcome at the lake. Just use common sense. Stay off residential > > properties. > > > > Gull numbers are as follows: > > Ring-billed Gull - 500 (99% adult) > > Herring Gull - 20 (40% adult) > > Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull - 10-15 (10% adult) > > Lesser Black-backed Gull- 6-10 (40% adult) > > Glaucous Gull -1 immature > > Great Black-backed Gull-1 immature > > Mystery gulls-10 or so. > > > > The mystery gulls are mostly immature gulls that are > > somewhat atypical. Most of these are probably Herring Gull hybrids such as > > “Nelson’s” Gull (with Glaucous) and “Cook Inlet” Gull (with > > Glaucous-winged). Today there were two first-Year large gulls that > > resembled Glaucous-winged and one that resembled Slaty-backed. Better > > photos are needed to confirm these. > > > > Nick Komar > > Fort Collins CO > > > > -- > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/00F51F3E-FFA5-4FED-AC9E-EFB122B1116D%40comcast.net. > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A99702F8-5091-4D4F-91F1-FE7B6ADC5E19%40aol.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A8100287-8A0E-4183-9EF7-B2CF851C5C47%40aol.com.
