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Utah Bird Records Committee

  
Rec. # 2014-006
Western Gull

Date first observed:    28 Feb 2014
Location: Ogden Bay WMA, Weber County

Sightings:

  • 28 Feb 2014 - Mike Hearell [Record #2014-006] (photos),

Sight Records:

 

Records Committee Review:
 
  Date Posted

   Results
1st round: 6 Mar 2014 8 acc, 1 not
2nd round: 27 Apr 2014 7 acc, 2 not
Completed: 28 Jun 2014 Accepted

 
Summary:  Despite suggestions of hybridization and a long thread of a discussion on social media about this bird, the documentation convinced the committee to accept this record.
 
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