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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: cabz on April 08, 2018, 04:06:13 PM

Title: White Gull at Cranberry Marsh
Post by: cabz on April 08, 2018, 04:06:13 PM

My husband and I were at Cranberry about 12:30.  Out on the ice were a bunch of gulls, with one almost pure white one.  It was too far away for pictures and a good look thru bins.  Did not have a scope.  Figuring it is an Iceland or Glaucous?

Any information much appreciated.   I got a quick glance of a bird, which I think could have been a Bittern, but it was down and gone in the reeds.

Thank you in advance for any info.

Regards,

CABZ

Title: Re: White Gull at Cranberry Marsh
Post by: thouc on April 08, 2018, 09:11:16 PM

Size is a good way to separate them, particularly if you can compare to Herring Gulls. Glaucous is bigger, almost as big as a Great Black-backed Gull, while Iceland Gull is smaller than Herring Gull.

/Thomas

Title: Re: White Gull at Cranberry Marsh
Post by: cabz on April 10, 2018, 10:48:45 AM

Thank you Thomas for your reply.

I leaning towards Iceland Gull, as I think most of the gulls it was with were Ringbilled and it was not too much bigger then them.

There was a lot of Northern Shovelers and the usual suspects on the Marsh.

Have not even heard a Phoebe as of today.

Good birding

CABZ