Yeah, it does have that Western school-bus-yellow bill to it. Cool looking
gull for sure. Love the legs.
Bob Archer
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Beverly Hallberg <mapsout@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all,
I took a picture of this dark gull today walking the spit at Nehalem Bay
State Park. Doesn't look like a pure Western because of the head being
smudgy - but it looks kind of dark for an Olympic hybrid. Any ideas on the
parentage?
https://flic.kr/p/CZZ8K6
https://flic.kr/p/CZZaEP
Also had a nice flock of Semipalmated Plovers - at least 15 which eBird is
telling me is more than usual - along with 2 each of Least and Western
Sandpipers on the beach. And a Mountain Chickadee (maybe 2?) continues to
enjoy the feeders in my back yard in Manzanita/Nehalem.
Trying to learn gulls, Beverly Hallberg
