"Gulled" Canal Park this Sunday afternoon from about 1230-1600 today with breaks for lunch and non-Larid watching. Among the Herring and Ring-billed frenzy, I was able to pick out some interesting individuals using my fledgling gulling abilities (and new scope)--some of these species have been previously reported. I observed gulls on the lighthouse side of park. Here are the highlights:
1. Iceland Gull: beautiful individual with lovely eyeshadow, 3rd winter bird; took photos 2. Thayer's Gull: 1 delicately plumaged first year bird; took photos--thanks to Mike Hendrickson for looking at one of my photos 3. Glaucous Gull: 2 immatures both with black-tipped pink bills. One was very white with little patterning (mostly light brown spots on breast); the other was lightly patterned with light brown marks all over. Took photos Looking up (and still managing to avoid gull "presents"), Alex Cruz Jr Hennepin and Ramsey Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
