All- Yesterday around noon at Timnath Res I spotted a large gull with a dark mantle, unstreaked white head, pale pinkish legs, and a large, bulbous bill with a red gonys spot. I was able to eliminate Lesser Black-backed, Great Black-backed, Yellow-legged, and Kelp Gulls. I am FAR from an expert on gulls, but everything I observed seemed to point toward Western. In flight, I thought I saw a single mirror on P1 and no other mirrors, and noted extensive black on the outer primaries on both upper- and underwing. There was a noticeable contrast between the outer primaries (black) and the rest of the upperwing (dark gray). I tried without much success to get identifiable digiscoped photos. Unfortunately, I eventually got close enough that everything flushed and I lost the bird. As far as I know, it was not refound yesterday.
Mark Peterson just called to tell me that Rachel Hopper is currently looking at this bird at Timnath, but that it is very distant and she is trying to get closer. Hopefully she will have an update soon. -- Daniel Maynard Manitou Springs, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
