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As a point of clarification to Dave's post, I would say that it is premature to call this bird an Iceland Gull. I found this bird last night with Dave and I was able to get some photos of low quality. This is the same individual I reported on 12/20 as a "possible" ICGU. Superficially, this bird resembles a larger than normal ICGU, but other possibilities include small Glaucous Gull or hybrid Glaucous X Herring (so called Nelson's Gull). As is the case with many odd gulls, It may not be identifiable. More better photos and/or descriptions would be nice. However, I stayed a few minutes after Dave left last night and at 5:00pm (lighting was very low) found an adult-like Iceland Gull. This bird had a darkish tip to its bill and is probably a 3rd year bird. It was smaller than HEGUs and had classic round head, small bill, long primary projection and snow white primaries. Good birding Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: David A. Cahlander To: [email protected] Sent: 12/21/2005 10:56:36 PM Subject: [mou] Iceland Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake (Dakota County) At Black Dog, near dark. from the railroad tracks between East and West Black Dog Lake. Both a 2nd winter Iceland Gull was seen and the Black-legged Kittiwake that has been reported before. Enclosed is a pointer to a map that shows this location. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=black+dog+lake,+mn&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&spn=0.021811,0.037916&sspn=89.451508,83.144531&hl=en --- David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>As a point of clarification to Dave's post, I would say that it is premature to call this bird an Iceland Gull. I found this bird last night with Dave and I was able to get some photos of low quality. This is the same individual I reported on 12/20 as a "possible" ICGU. Superficially, this bird resembles a larger than normal ICGU, but other possibilities include small Glaucous Gull or hybrid Glaucous X Herring (so called Nelson's Gull). As is the case with many odd gulls, It may not be identifiable. More better photos and/or descriptions would be nice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, I stayed a few minutes after Dave left last night and at 5:00pm (lighting was very low) found an adult-like <STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Iceland Gull</FONT>.</STRONG> This bird had a darkish tip to its bill and is probably a 3rd year bird. It was smaller than HEGUs and had classic round head, small bill, long primary projection and snow white primaries. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good birding</DIV> <DIV>Jim</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A [email protected] href="mailto:[email protected]";>David A. Cahlander</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A [email protected] href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 12/21/2005 10:56:36 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [mou] Iceland Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake (Dakota County)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>At Black Dog, near dark. from the railroad tracks between East and West Black Dog Lake. Both a 2nd winter Iceland Gull was seen and the Black-legged Kittiwake that has been reported before. Enclosed is a pointer to a map that shows this location.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=black+dog+lake,+mn&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&spn=0.021811,0.037916&sspn=89.451508,83.144531&hl=en";>http://maps.google.com/maps?q=black+dog+lake,+mn&sll=37.062500,-95.677068&spn=0.021811,0.037916&sspn=89.451508,83.144531&hl=en</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>---<BR>David Cahlander <A href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A> Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8--
