[texbirds] Re: Western Gull Austin
- From: John Ribble <johnribble@xxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:14:40 -0500
there than miss one that is, and it's their choice. Looks like I should have
considered Occam's razor before making any suppositions.
John Ribble
Austin
On Jul 17, 2013, at 3:14 PM, Kenny Anderson <kennya290@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I broke one of my own rules including the Western Gull in my Austin Area
> RBA summary, never publish 2nd hand reports. I am only kind-of regretting
> breaking it. This is the best sighting in my two-year stint as compiler,
> and I chose to include it because the core of what Travis Audubon's RBA
> purpose is to alert people what is being seen in the 60 mile circle.
>
> The Austin RBA isn't a permanent ornithological record, and so it was my
> wish to notify people who could be out looking for the gull. I do not know
> who found the gull, but I was privy to see one decent photograph. I have
> been asked not to pass it on and that is what I intend to follow. So, it
> seemed like a folly not to relay what I had, what I could share.
>
> Here is my description of the photo:
>
> The photo shows an adult, dark mantled gull with pink legs and feet. The
> white on the face is clean, including the area around the eye. White on
> head clean including crown. The white on the nape is clean and unstreaked.
> Yellow, heavy, drooping bill with red spot on lower mandible. Head
> shape/crown peak consistent with Western. Scale and proportion look better
> for Western than Greater Black-backed Gull. It is my opinion that the
> lighter mantle (note this is relative to dark-mantled gulls), darker eye
> would suggest the northern population. I may be over-reaching my skill on
> source of population.
>
> I am no gull expert; thankfully several that are have reviewed and. as far
> as I have heard, all like Western Gull. I have heard that the bird will be
> submitted to TBRC and then we can all take a look.
>
> My intention was to give folks a chance at re-finding this bird. It seems
> it may have left the area- all reports since the initial July 8 sighting
> have been negative. Apologies for contributing to any mystery; it is what
> I could do.
>
> Kenny Anderson
> Austin
>
>
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