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Index of Subjects Hi Jennifer et al.: Your gull photos pose a fine puzzle. They're certainly not Black-legged Kittiwake and, although you mention that it was darker gray (back and upper wing presumably) than a Herring Gull, they're not good for Laughing Gull either. The latter would never have a white window on the outer primaries (quite large on P10 - the outer, and smaler on P9). The bird reminds me at a glance of an adult hybrid Ring-billed and Black-headed Gull that Eric Mills and I saw in summer 2005 at Stepheenville Crossing, NL. That bird had reddish legs and bill, an incomplete dark gray hood (with chin and upper throat remaining white), a basically Ring-billed wing pattern (without a white upper wing panel), but with less extensive white windows than a Ring-billed. This hybridization has also been invoked for a bird that turned up some months ago in New York. Still, without more photos (did you get any more?) one couldn't be conclusive about the bird. Quoting Jennifer LeBlanc <ducksarefun@yahoo.com>: > While in Cow Bay today watching surfers we saw Common Eiders, White > Winged Scoters (a large flock, but I couldn't count them - I didn't > have my binoculars), unknown alcids (~5), Herring and BB gulls and > two gulls that I don't feel confident in identifying on my own. The > links below are pictures of the birds. The back was darker grey > than a Herring Gull and they were much smaller than a HERG. The legs > were black, although I thought there was a reddish tint. Again, it > was hard to tell without binoculars. We were thinking Black Legged > Kittiwake, but I also considered Laughing Gull. If someone could > identify it, could you let me know? Thanks! > > http://www.picturethemaritimes.com/kittiwake.jpg > http://www.picturethemaritimes.com/kittiwake2.jpg > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html
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