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--1228296801-1828608414-1399249869=:89880 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I visited the Salmon River Dykes at noon today hoping to spot the reported Snow Geese. They were not present (in fact, only a handful of Canada Geese were there), but there were 13 (!) Lesser Black-backed Gulls there in a flock of about 100 gulls. I've never seen so many LBBG in one place. Even a passing Merlin couldn't hold my attention for long. I kept re-checking, convinced I must be mistaking Great Black-backed Gulls or something for there to be that many - but their slighter build, charcoal mantles and bright yellow legs were there each time I looked. I tried to take pictures with my phone but the quality is awful. If you'd like you can view one here. You can at least compare the size and colour of the two LBBG (1 drinking, 1 lying down farther away directly behind the first) to the Herring Gulls nearby. Kathleen MacAulay --1228296801-1828608414-1399249869=:89880 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="" class="">I visited the Salmon River Dykes at noon today hoping to spot the reported Snow Geese. They were not present (in fact, only a handful of Canada Geese were there), but there were 13 (!) Lesser Black-backed Gulls there in a flock of about 100 gulls. I've never seen so many LBBG in one place. Even a passing Merlin couldn't hold my attention for long. I kept re-checking, convinced I must be mistaking Great Black-backed Gulls or something for there to be that many - but their slighter build, charcoal mantles and bright yellow legs were there each time I looked.</div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">I tried to take pictures with my phone but the quality is awful. If you'd like you can view one here. You can at least compare the size and colour of the two LBBG (1 drinking, 1 lying down farther away directly behind the first) to the Herring Gulls nearby.<br style="" class=""> <br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal">Kathleen MacAulay<br style="" class=""></div></div></body></html> --1228296801-1828608414-1399249869=:89880--
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