Starting about 30 years ago l noticed the variable arrival date of Heerman's
Gull on the Oregon Coast and it's synchrony with the first flush of
Cantharellus roseocanus(our fog zone chanterelle, not described as a species 30
years ago). A self-identifying family of hillbillies in Scapoose takes great
pride in always being the first to deliver the first chanterelles of the year.
They showed up Friday night, July 16, with 1.5 kg. The earliest I recall is
June 12 of a forgotten year, when they delivered 15kg AND some hedgehog
mushrooms. I'm not saying there's any direct relationship between Heerman's
Gull and spruce chanterelle, but they're both bonded to conditions of the North
Pacific Ocean. While the dates of first fungi/fruits and fowl is readily
determined, comparing productivity of the two is harder. I think 90% of
Heerman's Gulls nest on one island in the Gulf of California. That might be
countable by satellite. Alas the chants have no reliable data set, though l
know harvest varies by maybe two orders of magnitude.Sent from my Verizon,
Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Phil Pickering <philliplc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 7/20/21 8:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "'obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'"
<obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [obol] Re: FOS Heerman's Gull juvenile I've been
seeing small numbers of juvenile Heermann'smoving north offshore from Lincoln
City starting on the12th. So far they've outnumbered juvenile Cals which may
not have had a great breeding year around thislatitude.Phil
