[wisb] Re: MKE Gulls, GBB, LBB, Glaucous and Hybrid Glaucous x Herring Nelson's Gull Milwaukee River Lakefront today, some images

  • From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx>, "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:19:00 -0600

Jim, your hybrid gull looks more like a Herring x Great Black-backed, if I 
am looking at the correct bird.  The mantle color appears to be a dark gray 
(darker than the nearby Herrings), which would be more expected from a bird 
with Great Black-backed genes.  A "Nelson's Gull" should as light or lighter 
in mantle color than a Herring.

Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Edlhuber
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 2:15 PM
To: wisbirdn
Subject: [wisb] MKE Gulls, GBB, LBB, Glaucous and Hybrid Glaucous x Herring 
Nelson's Gull Milwaukee River Lakefront today, some images

Hi all,


There were a variety of Gulls present this morning at the mouth of the
Milwaukee River on the lakefront, under the Hoan Bridge. One of highlights
was a gull thought to be by Jym and John D a Nelson’s – a hybrid Glaucous x
Herring Gull. Also present were 5 Glaucous Gulls, 1 Great Black-backed Gull
and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. Other species present in the area, an
American Kestrel and Horned Grebe. If I have something mislabeled, please
let me know, thank you! It was a nice morning to be out among many other
birders.



A link to a few of today’s images if you care to view them:



https://picasaweb.google.com/109038919513758014473/GullsHornedGrebeAndMiscMilwaukeeRiverLakefront292013



Good birding!



Jim Edlhuber

Town of Genesee, Waukesha Co

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