California Gull Field Trip 2023
PLEASE DON’T GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER YET!! Just answer with a “yes”, if you can ID this gull we had on our Field Trip in Galveston over the weekend.








PLEASE DON’T GIVE AWAY THE ANSWER YET!! Just answer with a “yes”, if you can ID this gull we had on our Field Trip in Galveston over the weekend.








Gull #3 for Gulls class. (Same day, location) Gull #3 is an Adult Herring. We can see that this is an adult gull. Pretty distant shot, but if you zoom in we don’t see any ring as in ring bill, but more telling the transition from gray underwing to black underwing tip is more gray-to-black…
Good discussion, but not sure I’m buying their methodology. Patagonia Picnic Table Effect
Just posted the following in Real Texbirds group. Willie Sekula thinks he had Black Swift in Corpus Christie yesterday. (Note: a Chimney Swift is pictured). jep I wasn’t going to mention it due to no photographic evidence. But a friend pointed me to Willie sekulas post. 30 minutes ago I had a flyover view of…
The TBRC is pleased to announce that both Steller’s Sea-Eagle and Limpkin have been added to the official State List, bringing it to 657! The Steller’s Sea-Eagle is perhaps one of the more unexpected addition in recent years, with an adult bird seen and photographed by Kris & Jeff Groscop and Gene & Sandi Roesler…
White Rock spillway in Dallas did Jeff’s Texas gull rule one better: yielding 100% ring billed. I did a little better at lake ray Hubbard this evening. Have a look at these 2 bad, distant digiscoped pix. Thoughts?
Here are the gulls we did see. Can you ID without your book?