Sabine's gull at Deer Creek

[tuularose at juno dot com]

On Sunday 10.19.03 10 am, on  the way to Jordanelle wetlands through
Provo canyon, Milton and I stopped at the north end of Deer Creek
Reservoir and found a small gull amongst  a couple of dozen ring-billed. 
It appeared to be a FIRST YEAR SABINE'S GULL with brownish wings and
mantle, a dark crescent behind the eye and dark primaries extending well
beyond the tail. It was foraging in shallow water in "phalarope fashion",
and flew just once for a short distance. Luckily Milt had it in the scope
at that moment and he could see the wing pattern.
At Jordanelle,  several noisy kingfishers chasing each other and cedar
waxwings chased by a dark  merlin that stayed in a tree by the parking
lot for a portrait.
Happy birding   ~   Tuula

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