[TN-Bird] California Gull Marion county

This afternoon I went to Nickajack Dam to look for terns.  I saw one Caspian 
Tern.  While observing gulls on the locks at the dam, I immediately noticed 
one with a darker mantle.  It was larger than the Ring-billed Gulls and had 
a dark eye.  The gull was not dark enough to be Lesser Black-backed.  The 
head almost appeared to have a gray hood because of gray mottling on the 
crown and nape.  There was also some gray on the upper breast.  It was a 
third year California gull with dark primaries, dark tail, and white tertial 
crescents..    Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera.  Hopefully it will 
still be there tomorrow.

Two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were foraging near Shell Mound.  A raft of 32 
Common Loons were near the dam.  One Horned Grebe was present with mostly 
winter plumage.
Two Osprey were nesting about 3 feet off the water on boulders present for 
channel markers.
Tommie Rogers
Marion county 


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