Good bird in Wisconsin. Jim Williams ---------- > From: Thomas Schultz <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:01:55 -0500 > To: John Idzikowski <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: BLACK-TAILED GULL Racine > > I would concur completely -- with long, slightly drooping black-and-red-tipped > bill, dark gray > mantle, yellow legs, red orbital ring, and especially the black tail on an > adult bird. Stunning > bird! > > I'm not positive, but this might be the first Great Lakes record. > > Great find, Eric. > > Tom Schultz > Green Lake > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Idzikowski" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:43 AM > Subject: BLACK-TAILED GULL Racine > > >> Eric Howe sent me shots this morning of a gull he could not identify from >> Shoop Park in northern Racine; see them here- >> http://hoyaudubon.org/birds/ >> >> This is most certainly an adult Black-tailed or Japanese Gull; we have been >> expecting this bird on Lake Michigan for the last 5 years. >> >> John Idzikowski, >> Milwaukee >> >> >> >
