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Just to make things more interesting, this bird has been seen at
Stelhi beach for several winters https://ebird.org/checklist/S101927382
Tail spots do not match the Old Field bird.
On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 11:22 AM Larry Trachtenberg
wrote:
> All -- thank you particularly Shai, for the education.
Shai has made a good case for this bird being a European Herring gull, omissus.
OTOH, as Timothy Healy points out, there is the spectra of the many West coast
hybrids looming in our faces.
If I may be so bold, surely Shai or one of his colleagues can capture the bird.
Get the DNA.
Bob Lewis
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It's my understanding this particular Larus species was not found by the sea.
While extreme attention to field marks is thus far inconclusive, and I normally
would be very hesitant to attach a name tag to a specie based on it's immediate
locale or habitat nonetheless foraging behavior, at this
Hi all,
Thank you for the feedback, to which I'll offer three quick points.
First, Wayne is completely correct--in yesterday's post, I was definitely
speaking from a North Atlantic perspective. It is certainly true that I
neglected the many places in the world where isolation does break down in
All -- thank you particularly Shai, for the education. I have read each post.
My it is complicated, and when the Larus experts can go back and forth without
any definitive conclusion, I no longer feel incompetent when I see a mere
100-200 gulls or so at Ossining or Croton or Peekskill, and jus
This bird has certainly proven to be a fascinating case study, and the
discussion across the various forums has been enlightening. I always
appreciate the opportunity to learn from one of these community
identification efforts, and I'm grateful for public venues like the
listserv where experts can
It sure seems that the sightings of the recent Slaty-backed Gull of Central
Park and the interesting yellow-legged Larus of Old Field Point has sparked
some of us to join the ranks of larophiles, especially during the late winter
birding doldrums. I tried doing a little research on American and