[obol] Re: Clatsop Black-headed Gull details (misidentified)
- From: Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:15:33 -0700
I heard back from Aaron, and he says that the gull that he photographed
last week (see below) turned out to be a Black-legged Kittiwake, not a
Black-headed Gull.
Happy spring,
Adrian
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Adrian Hinkle <adrian.hinkle@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm the Clatsop eBird reviewer so I emailed the observer who reported a
> Black-headed Gull from Canon Beach on the morning of March 13th (
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22337937).
>
> The observer, Aaron Driscoll, is on the road and can't send photos of the
> bird until later this week, but said that he's absolutely certain it was a
> 1st winter Black-headed Gull. His description wasn't very detailed, but he
> said that he compared between his photos and the Sibley guide and it wasn't
> a Bonaparte's Gull. In particular he noted the head pattern and that only
> the tip of the bill was black.
>
> So, while I suppose there's a slim possibility that it was a mis-ID'd
> kittiwake or something like that, I encourage anybody in the area to check
> it out.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Adrian
>
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