FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Thayer's Gull and Iceland Gull, Pr Wm Co, 2/3/02

[KurtCapt87@xxxxxxx]

VA BIRDers,

Whilst looking at gulls at the Prince William Co dump just after noon today, 
I discovered Jon Little doing the same thing!  So, we stared at the larids 
and found at least one Thayer's Gull (firsr winter, bill all black except for 
just a small mm of horn color near the base) and an Iceland Gull (first 
winter also, white rump, the bill may have a little pink near the base, 
decidedly a bit smaller than nearby first winter Herrings).  Found another 
Thayer's later, but it could have been the initial bird.  Reasonably good 
photos taken of the two interesting species.  Curiously, no Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls were noted (so, I guess I must pay another visit?)  The 
totals were (not too larids many today):

Black Vulture 15
Turkey Vulture 8
Ring-billed Gull ca. 500
Herring Gull ca. 200
Thayer's Gull 1
Iceland Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 20
crow sp (both kinds heard calling) 150
E. Starling 1500

Kurt Gaskill


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