Westport Seabirds, which has decades of survey results, classifies the
Thayer's Gull as an offshore gull (> 5 miles out) . Common in Jan ,
fairly common in Feb and March, rare, uncommon, or absent rest of the year.
Sign up for the Newport trip on the 28th, let's see where Thayer's Gulls
start showing up..
Bob Archer
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thayer’s seems to me a “storm gull” on the c Oregon coast. Numbers go
from zero to scores around Florence when we have bad winter weather. On
one occasional I saw over 400 in one flock resting in the dunewater during
such a storm. Over 800 Herring were also present. So I’d say that in
Oregon it is mostly an offshore winter gull, not a routine coastal gull.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:43 AM, Lars Per Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
(Weir, et al.) that
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I just read an article published in Scotland about 15 years ago
stated Thayer's Gull is not a pelagic species in its winter range. Thecitations to support this
are all from the early 90s, essentially referring to observations orlack thereof from the 80s
I imagine. Isn't it the case that most Thayer's Gulls in Oregon are offshore, out of sight, out
of mind? I've only made a few winter pelagic trips, but the abundance ofThayer's was a
strong impression. What do more experienced folks think? Could 90% ofour winter Thayer's
be off shore?
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