FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] RPT: Possible??????? Little Gull on Lake Barkley

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I will feel REALLY bad if a bird that Mark Monroe, Ben Yandell, Matt Stickel
and I saw yesterday turns out to actually be a first-winter Little Gull and
we didn't mention it to everyone.

Yesterday afternoon we had a bird with a flock of Bonys that I think is too
big for a Little Gull, but after reviewing books and photos on the web this
morning, I still am unclear as to what this bird is. It is in first-winter
plumage and superficially has a first-winter Little Gull wing pattern. Some
things just don't look right about it, though, (at least to me) including
its size and bill shape/size.

It was with about 100+ Bonys (including several first-winters) at the KY 730
bridge over Eddy Creek, Lyon County (DeLorme KY Gazetteer, page 60-, block
H-5. You can park at the boat ramp parking lot just S of the bridge and walk
back along KY 730 (be careful for passing traffic). The bird was on the east
side of the bridge.

If anyone gets a better impression of what this bird is, please share it
with us all.

bpb, Louisville
brainard.palmer-ball AT mail.state.ky.us
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