Lesser Black-backed Gull (Rollover Pass)




Eric, Lance and I led the Shorebird Class to Corpus over the last weekend. I had a great time with highlights for me being: “That’s him!!!” (IDing the long-staying Glaucous Gull in mid-air at 65 mph on the JFK causeway), Identifying grass-pipers at the sod farms with the class at about ½ mile distant (definitely…
What a great trip to the coast with the 2022 TAS Shorebird Class!!! Highlights for me were the Aplomado falcons and Elegant Tern (life bird!!), as well as the good company of bird nerds !!
Saw a post for this gulls book by Fred Shaffer III and so immediately bought myself a xmas present It’s less dense than all of the other gull books I own and has nice short description and good comparison photos of NA gulls. It doesn’t show all the variations, but for your basic gull book…
Here’s more on egrets/herons focusing on feeding behavior (mostly).
Some of you from Gulls Class may remember that we discussed the labryinthine taxonomy of the Herring gull complex. The Europeans consider the American Herring to be a separate species from the European Herring. Likewise the Vega Gull. While the AOS currently considers American Herring and Vega to be a subspecies of European Herring. A…
If you’re going to High Island this year you can order your patch here: 2025 Patch The Story of the Houston Audubon Patch