[texbirds] Guling today 2/18/15
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- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:33:48 -0500
literally just got home from a gulling trip to Thompson fish camp and
Tri-City Beach Rd in Baytown. There was nothing to report at Thompson's today
except the usual gulls this time of year.
AT the end of the dead end though I had pretty good luck. There were not a
large numbers of gulls sitting on the water today compared to a lot of days
but there were two pretty good ones. There were also two Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, one each first cycle and second cycle. Then in flew a nice
pale
colored gull that I am calling Thayer's but I am not positive it was not a
Kumlein's/Iceland Gull. Unfortunately the gulls were a little jumpy today
and they flew before I could get pictures. Very pale wings and I believe it
was a first cycle bird. Not long before % was a California Gull. This bird
also flew before shots were taken. Slightly darker matle, smaller rounder
head a little larger that the Ring-bills and slightly smaller than the
Herring Gulls. I could clearly see the this black ring around the bill and a
red
spot on the tip. All these were on the Harris Co side and as a matter of
fact there were really bad heat waves today making looking across very
difficult.
Not one of these birds sat long enough to get good pictures. I did take a
few but they were not coming out very well. If I got any I will post them
later.
David Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
TOS Member
Texas Master Naturalist
FeatherFest 2015 Birding Program Leader
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