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For you recent Gulls Class graduates!!
Really enjoyed this beautiful and cooperative gull !! I’ve decided Glaucous and Iceland are my favorites, until I see an Ivory or Ross’s at least!!
I couldn’t sit still with so many rare birds present in Texas — especially when one was a first state record Gull !!!! So I opted for Amarillo (rather than RGV at the moment). I put in 8 hours of stakeout time for the Yellow-footed Gull in Amarillo yesterday and today and it paid off…
I’m excited that “The Gull Guide” by Amar Ayash will be coming out next week!!! I bought mine some time ago!! If you are a gull aficionado, or at least gull curious, you can listen to Amar discussing the book on 2 different podcasts recently. And it just so happens that I had my first…
With North wind coming on I decided to go watch for migrants at Granger Lake. I was not disappointed!!
Spent some time under a tree next to Lake Sommerville yesterday. Had 500-600 White pelicans, a smattering of gulls (Franklin’s & Ring billed) and 5 species of shorebirds For the 2024 Shorebird class: Can you ID the shorebirds and tell me why? (Feel free to review Eric’s fine table)