While body shape and bill size look good for Franklin’s, the wingtip pattern (lacking significant white in outer primaries) and adult head pattern favor Laughing Gull. A first summer Franklins gull should not have a full black head, and an older Franklin’s Gull would have extensive white in primary tips. interesting bird.
Nick Komar Fort Collins > On May 29, 2020, at 9:02 AM, Gary Bowen (Thornton) <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks Steve. It was a lucky shot in the rain. > > Two iNaturtalists and the Gull Watchers group have tag it as a Little Gull. > > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47688487 > > HOWEVER, you make a good arguement for a Franklin’s gull - I'm open to > changing the ID. > > Gary Bowen, Thornton > >> On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:37:44 AM UTC-6, Steven Rash wrote: >> Gary, >> >> Among other things, a little gull in breeding plumage would lack the eye >> arcs seen on the bird you photographed. This one looks like a better fit for >> Franklin’s gull to me. Nice capture! >> >> Happy Birding, >> >> Steve Rash >> Denver 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/5a1e8810-992e-4344-9615-3b10b3dc0a6a%40googlegroups.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/D5FA1114-27F0-48F3-801A-F0E4A0DF3E2B%40comcast.net.
