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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: angelicque on January 13, 2008, 08:34:29 PM

Title: Iceland Gull?
Post by: angelicque on January 13, 2008, 08:34:29 PM

(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6716/1004698qb7.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/angelicque/100_4711.jpg)

was spotted on the western lakeshore at the The Mimico Waterfront Linear Park construction site on christmas day.

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Post by: Walter Sobchak on January 14, 2008, 09:49:20 AM

I'd say you're right. The long wings that stick out past the tail are a good clue.

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Post by: angelicque on January 22, 2008, 12:34:28 PM

thank you!

are they rare for this area?

Quote from: "Walter Sobchak"

I'd say you're right. The long wings that stick out past the tail are a good clue.

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Post by: Walter Sobchak on January 23, 2008, 10:05:29 AM

I wouldn't say rare as they are seen every year to the best of my knowledge.  I would call them uncommon.

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on February 10, 2008, 01:11:54 PM

Still a nice find! Congratulations. And you obviously got to see it up close, which is nice. With Island gulls, you need to exclude the possibility of Thayer's Gull (and Glaucous gull, which generally is much larger and bulkier), which can be tricky, but I'd say this is an Island Gull.