[TN-Bird] Adult California Gull

Feb. 25, 2004
Today, at Pace Point while looking for the Yellow-billed Loon, Mike Todd and 
I found and photographed an adult California Gull. The bird was resting in a 
small flock of Ring-billed Gulls with a few Herring Gulls. Pace Point is in the 
Big Sandy Unit of the Tennessee NWR on the Tennessee River. This is my first 
adult California in Tennessee.

I thought it interesting how the mantle color at some angles matched the 
Ring-billed Gulls and at other times it stood out as being much darker. I've 
posted some poor photos taken from a couple of hundred yards and in the stiff 
wind 
but I think they are worth sharing.

Try the following site and click on the California Gull gallery.

http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/


Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL'COOT / TLBA
Bartlett, TN


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