There was a large gull with all the Ring-billed Gulls earlier this
morning on the rocks projecting out of the water shown in Warren's
photos. The rocks are beyond the osprey nest platform in Ish Creek Bay
before the Scenic Point gate. The gull is not there right now. The gulls
usually stay here all day and leave in late afternoon. There are
probably at least a thousand here this morning. It's normal to have this
many gulls.
The gull looked to me like it is larger than a Herring Gull and it
looked pale brownish compared to the very white and gray nearby
Ring-billeds. But I could not identify it.
Marcia Davis
Louisville, TN
On 2/15/16 7:21 PM, (Redacted sender birdglass44 for DMARC) wrote:
This afternoon at the entrance to Scenic Point development I spotted a very large gull perched on the rock shoal about 1/4 mile out with a large number of Ring-billed gulls. The gull flew off the rocks and dived on another large gull that I believe is a Herring gull. The photos aren't the best taken 1200 mm with Canon SX50 on a misty afternoon. I believe this is an immature Great Black-backed gull but am open to other opinion. The third image shows the GBBG and Herring gull beyond the Ring-bills.
Warren Bielenberg
Maryville
