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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: dizzy on November 23, 2015, 05:10:49 PM

Title: Gull ID
Post by: dizzy on November 23, 2015, 05:10:49 PM

Hi,

Is this a Thayer's gull, the bill looks too small for a Herring. Thanks for looking.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/574/22628415274_695fcdcc40_z.jpg)

Title: Re: Gull ID
Post by: thouc on November 23, 2015, 11:44:19 PM

It is pale looking. Could you compare the size with any other gulls?

Title: Re: Gull ID
Post by: dizzy on November 24, 2015, 05:46:57 PM

Definitely bigger than a ring-billed. About the size of a Herring.

Title: Re: Gull ID
Post by: thouc on November 24, 2015, 08:59:27 PM

Doesn't look like a typical Herring Gull, so you might be right. Hopefully one of the gull experts can weigh in.

Title: Re: Gull ID
Post by: Reuven_M on November 25, 2015, 07:32:02 PM

Runty Herring Gull for me. And looks like it's missing an eye?

Title: Re: Gull ID
Post by: dizzy on November 26, 2015, 04:07:55 PM

Thanks Reuven.