Ring-Billed 1st Winter
Gull #5 (same date location). Species? Age?


Gull #5 First cycle Ring-billed with pretty advanced feathers on the back – lot of adult gray coming in. Also note shape is perfect for ring bill.
Gull #5 (same date location). Species? Age?


Gull #5 First cycle Ring-billed with pretty advanced feathers on the back – lot of adult gray coming in. Also note shape is perfect for ring bill.
Felt like I was at the coast this morning, but it was Cedar Point on Lake Buchanan. 13 species of shorebirds including both grasspipers and 4 Whimbrels (one of our elliptical migrants). 100s of peeps. 1 Flat-billed Flamingo (aka Spoonbill), yet another Tri-colored Heron and apparently a pretty high count (per ebird) of Avocets (51),…
Spent monday and tuesday on a quick trip hoping for Gray Gull in the Rio Grande Valley. Didn’t find that gull, but always wanted to visit the famous City of Brownsville Dump !!!! Quite a sight!!!
An apparent adult Kelp Gull found at Brownsville landfill this morning. Landfill access as below.
On RGV trip on Monday I found this interesting gull at the Port Aransas jetty. I called it a Great Black Backed Gull in the field based on thick pink legs, big bill, large size (a good bit larger than Herrings present), white head, thick neck and patterned coverts. Posting pix to gull FB pages,…
Nice and cool on the Oregon Coast!! Here’s a few birds and sea creatures. I’ll let you gull aficionados give me an ID on these west coast gulls. Hint: 3 species.
Shingled by G-U-11 !! Port Townsend WA.