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Hi,
better a little late then never.
I tried my luck Sunday afternoon on the little ones (egret and gull that is).
I missed the Little Gull at Conrad's in the early afternoon (Gisele's party was just leaving), had more luck with the egret a short time later.
On my way back (4ish) I gave the gull another shoot and on the mudflats just before the beach I spotted a smallish gull matching Suzanne's description. Black-headed Gulls and Black-bellied Plovers next to it made good scalebars. However, with no field guide at hand (how can you leave home without one?) and Bernard's photos in mind the gull in question looked different, not "clean" enough.
Smaller size and shorter wing projection were obvious, dark head spots as descibed below by Suzanne, and the rest of the plumage very mottled, lots of brownish in it. When it took off I noticed the light colored underwing (another fieldmark that didn't match the memorized description of an adult Little Gull).
Jump started by Suzanne's posting I just had a look for my Sibley's (found it on the bookshelf), and would put the observed plumage pattern somewhere between the juvenile and 1st winter shown in the guide. So with all this re-digested I like to second Suzanne's suggestion that there could be indeed a 2nd Little Gull present. I think there is!
Thanks Suzanne for the wake-up call and getting me thinking about it again....
Cheers
Ulli
Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca> wrote: Hi Everyone;
I got great looks at the Little Gull today (Tues.
Aug.28th) at Conrad's - to the left of the road before
you get to the parking lot, around 7:00 p.m.
Problem is - the bird I saw was a juvenile Little
Gull.
It was very dark, with a mottled back, a black smudge
behind the eye, another black smudge on top of its
head. It was bathing, so I got to see different parts
of its body: the underwing was white with a distinct
black edge along the primaries and a trace of black
along the edge of the secondaries. The tail had a
distinct black band at the tip.
A Black-headed Gull swam up to it - and the Little
Gull was about 3/4 of its size. It was so small, at
first I didn't think it was a Gull. When I got my
binocs on it, however, it was not only a Gull, it was,
unmistakeably, a Little Gull still in juvenile
plumage.
When I compare it to the photos taken by Bernard
Burke, I'm convinced it was a different bird!
Cheers;
Suzanne
--- Bernard Burke wrote:
> The Little Gull this morning around 9:00 a.m. was in
> the vicinity of the recently replaced bridge marked
> as Lawrencetown River along the #207 highway, on the
> left if heading towards Lawrencetown Beach. Highway
> crews are still in the vicinity, but I was told by
> an employee this was the last day, so perhaps with
> any luck the gull will be closer to view in this
> area if it sticks around.
>
> Here are two distant pics:
>
>
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464756/Medium
> #34
>
>
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464757/Medium
> #35
>
> Bernard Burke
> blburke@ns.sympatico.ca
> Dartmouth
>
>
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Hi,<br><br>better a little late then never.<br>I tried my luck Sunday afternoon on the little ones (egret and gull that is).<br>I missed the Little Gull at Conrad's in the early afternoon (Gisele's party was just leaving), had more luck with the egret a short time later.<br>On my way back (4ish) I gave the gull another shoot and on the mudflats just before the beach I spotted a smallish gull matching Suzanne's description. Black-headed Gulls and Black-bellied Plovers next to it made good scalebars. However, with no field guide at hand (how can you leave home without one?) and Bernard's photos in mind the gull in question looked different, not "clean" enough. <br>Smaller size and shorter wing projection were obvious, dark head spots as descibed below by Suzanne, and the rest of the plumage very mottled, lots of brownish in it. When it took off I noticed the light colored underwing (another fieldmark that didn't match the memorized description of an adult Little
Gull).<br><br>Jump started by Suzanne's posting I just had a look for my Sibley's (found it on the bookshelf), and would put the observed plumage pattern somewhere between the juvenile and 1st winter shown in the guide. So with all this re-digested I like to second Suzanne's suggestion that there could be indeed a 2nd Little Gull present. I think there is!<br>Thanks Suzanne for the wake-up call and getting me thinking about it again....<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Ulli<br><br><b><i>Suzanne Borkowski <suzanneborkowski@yahoo.ca></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hi Everyone;<br><br>I got great looks at the Little Gull today (Tues.<br>Aug.28th) at Conrad's - to the left of the road before<br>you get to the parking lot, around 7:00 p.m.<br><br>Problem is - the bird I saw was a juvenile Little<br>Gull.<br><br>It was very dark, with a mottled back, a black smudge<br>behind the eye,
another black smudge on top of its<br>head. It was bathing, so I got to see different parts<br>of its body: the underwing was white with a distinct<br>black edge along the primaries and a trace of black<br>along the edge of the secondaries. The tail had a<br>distinct black band at the tip.<br><br>A Black-headed Gull swam up to it - and the Little<br>Gull was about 3/4 of its size. It was so small, at<br>first I didn't think it was a Gull. When I got my<br>binocs on it, however, it was not only a Gull, it was,<br>unmistakeably, a Little Gull still in juvenile<br>plumage.<br><br>When I compare it to the photos taken by Bernard<br>Burke, I'm convinced it was a different bird!<br><br>Cheers;<br>Suzanne<br><br><br><br><br><br>--- Bernard Burke <blburke@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:<br><br>> The Little Gull this morning around 9:00 a.m. was in<br>> the vicinity of the recently replaced bridge marked<br>> as Lawrencetown River along the #207 highway, on the<br>> left
if heading towards Lawrencetown Beach. Highway<br>> crews are still in the vicinity, but I was told by<br>> an employee this was the last day, so perhaps with<br>> any luck the gull will be closer to view in this<br>> area if it sticks around.<br>> <br>> Here are two distant pics:<br>> <br>><br>http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464756/Medium<br>> #34<br>> <br>><br>http://bernieb.smugmug.com/gallery/916397/3/43464757/Medium<br>> #35<br>> <br>> Bernard Burke<br>> blburke@ns.sympatico.ca<br>> Dartmouth<br>> <br>> <br><br><br><br> Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca<br><br></blburke@ns.sympatico.ca></blockquote><br><p> 
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