[TN-Bird] Belated report; Lesser Black-backed Gull, Henry Co 9/16/09

From: "Todd, Michael C." <michael.c.todd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:20:50 -0400
9/16/09
Henry Co (Paris Landing area)
Nothing much to report, but an abbreviated trip to KY Lake on Wednesday did 
produce my 1st Lesser Black-backed Gull of the season; right on time. My 
earliest record is on 9/4 and my high count of 4 birds (at the same location) 
was on 10/9; these birds show up quite early. This Lesser Black-backed, which 
looked to be a 3rd-cycle though I didn't have good looks, was on the island out 
from the bridge. This bird looked pretty dark for a 'graelsii', but this is 
definitely tricky, and unusually for the location at this time of year, there 
wasn't a Laughing Gull nearby to get a good color comparison. Also on the 
island among the horde of Ring-billed Gulls were several Herring Gulls 
including a couple of juveniles. Once Common Tern was among the Caspian and 
Forster's Terns as well.

If interested, I've placed a distant photo of the Lesser Black-backed, as well 
as of a young Cooper's Hawk in the midst of a stare-down with a Mourning Dove. 
The new images start here: http://www.pbase.com/mctodd/image/117413083/original

Good Birding, wish I was on the MS River right now!!

Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.pbase.com/mctodd




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[TN-Bird] Belated report; Lesser Black-backed Gull, Henry Co 9/16/09

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