[wisb] Re: Black-legged Kittiwake?
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx, wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:20:03 -0600
If I recall correctly, last winter's Port Washington BL Kittiwake had a neck
collar that wasn't always very apparent. That bird was also there for what,
three months at least, and went through some plumage changes during its stay.
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
On 01/14/11, "B.G. Sloan" wrote:
> Yesterday I reported a mystery gull. I described it as "Smallish, about the
> size of the Scaups it was hanging out with. Black bill, some sootiness on the
> sides of the head. I'm thinking probably Bonaparte's?"
>
> Off-list, someone suggested that I consider juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake.
> The size makes sense, since it was the size of the Greater Scaups it was
> hanging out with. My preliminary Bonaparte's ID bothered me a bit because I
> sort of thought a Bonaparte's would be noticeably smaller than a Scaup.
>
> I checked my Sibley, and his illustration of a first winter Black-legged
> Kittiwake (p. 229) kind of looks like what I saw, EXCEPT that I don't really
> recall seeing a black collar at the back of the neck. The caption on one BNA
> Online photo of a first winter bird sort of hints that these birds might not
> always have the dark collar: "Many often show a dark collar as well".
>
> The bird I saw more resembles Sibley's illustration of a first summer bird,
> except that the bill was all black. And it seems pretty late for a
> first-summer plumaged bird.
>
> What's the likelihood of finding a first winter Black-legged Kittiwake with
> no immediately obvious neck collar on Lake Michigan at this time of year? Or
> a late first-summer plumaged bird?
>
> Just curious...
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
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