Bountiful Gulls

[Colby Neuman <colbyn at ix dot netcom dot com>]

Upon returning from Wisconsin last night, I checked my email, and about
died when I saw that an Iceland Gull had been seen.  So, my dad and I
headed to the dump this afternoon.  We saw the expected California,
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls.  We saw a couple Thayer's Gull including
one extremely pale individual.  We also saw the previously reported
Glaucous Gull.  After about an hour I finally managed to find the
Iceland Gull and was able to take several photographs.  Also, while I
was searching for the Iceland Gull I noticed an unusual gull flying
overhead.  It finally landed and was clearly a dark-backed gull.  I ran
for my camera and took 10-15 pictures before it finally flew away.  When
I first observed the bird in the air I thought it was a WEGU.  After a
closer look while the bird was standing I think the bird was Lesser
Black-backed Gull.  The more and more pictures I look at on the internet
of LBBG's, the more confident I am that the bird was a third-winter
LBBG.  I'll have the photos developed tomorrow so hopefully I'll be able
to make a positive ID of the gull.

Here are few websites that show LBBG's that resemble the bird we
observed today.  Let me know what you think Larene about these pictures.

http://www.marinreid.com/lbbgp28.html
http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/gallery.htm

As always...

THE BEST OF GOOD BIRDING!!! (and gulling!!!)

Colby

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