[va-bird] Re: CA Gull & Clay-colored Sparrow

In reply to Steve's post, the two birders he mentioned were me & Ottavio
Janni.  Ottavio was the one to find it, and fortunately it was close to
us and allowed close study.  We also saw 2 (poss. 3) Lessers, most
probably the same that Steve saw.

Prior to visiting the landfill, we birded Julie Metz.  We did not find
the Harris's Sparrow, but did see the Clay-colored.  While Ottavio
thought it was on the light side, it didn't really strike me as outside
the range of normal (though admitedly my field experience with
Clay-coloreds is limited).

Good birding,
Paul Pisano
Arlington, VA
cheep AT erols.com

> Subject: CA Gull, PW Landfill
> From: "Steve and Heather Rottenborn" <rotten.born AT verizon.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:04:02 -0500

> VA Birders:
> This afternoon (27 Dec.), I photographed an adult California Gull at
the Prince
> William County landfill. The bird had been found earlier by two other
birders
> whose names I did not get (if the discoverers read this, please let me
know who
> you are so the record can be properly attributed). I relocated it at
about 2:05
> p.m. Also present were 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (single first,
second, and
> third-winter birds) and 20 or so lingering Laughing Gulls among the
multitudes
> of Ring-billed, Herring, and Great Black-backed Gulls present.

> Steve Rottenborn
> Jeffersonton, VA
> rotten.born AT verizon.net


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