Another Seattle birder chimes in on the possible GWGU. Michael is a long-time leader of pelagics out of Westport WA as well as other birding.
Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Donahue <[email protected]> > Subject: GWGU > Date: December 27, 2011 11:02:01 AM CST > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > Hi Doug, > Alan forwarded me the link to the MN Glaucous-winged Gull. Here are my > thoughts: > > This is a really good example of why photos can be misleading! Photo 1 looks > like it has a gonydeal expansion whereas in photo 2 it does not. > > Overall the head and bill look too delicate to me to be a Glaucous-winged. > Glaucous-winged seem to have a smaller eye on a bigger head compared to > Thayer’s, and this bird seems big-eyed to me. (I can’t speak to the eye on > Kumlien’s, but I assume it's similiar.) I need to find a way to quantify > this eye thing! > > What strikes me most about these photos is how much white is on the tongues > of P8 and P7. It’s more white than a typical Glaucous-winged. It’s wingtips > look very white to me. > > What was the wing projection like? Glaucous-winged should be noticably > shorter-winged compared to any Herring present. > > Best wishes, > Mike D ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
