The Lesser Black-backed Gulls were there at sunrise. They caught me off guard
too! I had a Long-billed Curlew hanging out down there as well. Good mid-August
bike birding! I had 4 Forster’s Terns on S Platte Delta straddling JeffCo and
Douglas county lines.
Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO
Hey Max,
Indeed it appears you found two Lesser Black-backed Gulls; a near adult 4th
cycle bird (notice the fleck of black in the bill for age) and a 2nd cycle.
Lesser Black-backed Gulls have contrasting dark wings compared to the rest
of their plumage even in younger plumages, and get a pale eye
Good morning everyone,
I did not expect to be sorting gulls so seriously this morning at the
Chatfield Marina Sandspit, but here we are.
As I was scanning the flock of Ring-billed Gulls to sort out any California
Gulls (which were there, too), I noticed two birds that stuck out further,
an adult
