Hi MN Birders,
This afternoon I photographed a weird gull in the South Shore WMA in
a field just west of CR 17. Take CR 12 to CR 17 and turn left at the
church. The gulls were in a field on the south side of that road a
few hundred yards in.
The bird was a white-headed adult with a pale gray mantle, yellow
eye, short, thin, black bill and black legs. It was the same general
size as the accompanying Ring-billed Gulls. There is a photo on my
Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30373047&id=1504442860&saved .
Initial thoughts from others are that it resembles Black-billed Gull
from New Zealand, but spread-winged shots are needed. I'm going back
in the morning to see if I can get them.
Good birding,
Steve
Steve Sosensky <steve at sosensky dot com>
Aliso Viejo CA
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