The Gull Guide !!
Oh happy days!!!
It’s time to pre-order “The Gull Guide” by gull aficionado Amar Ayash!!!
I got mine coming in late October just in time for “I Don’t Do Gulls Gulls Class”!!!
Pretty sure ya’ll don’t have enough bird books!!!![]()

Oh happy days!!!
It’s time to pre-order “The Gull Guide” by gull aficionado Amar Ayash!!!
I got mine coming in late October just in time for “I Don’t Do Gulls Gulls Class”!!!
Pretty sure ya’ll don’t have enough bird books!!!![]()

Always something new dropping into Hornsby this time of year!!! 3 new species for 2023 for me at Hornsby today. Love migration!!! And Killdeer already have a chick!! What do ya’ll think about the 4 Ibis?
I had a great time on the 29th communing with a visiting celebrity in Corpus Christi!! If you haven’t heard, this is a Kelp Gull born about 1 year ago in the southern hemisphere (South America most likely). Very impressive bill (compared to Herring in pic).
Here’s a pix I’m diggin as I prep for Class 2 of Gulls Class!! (I feel real bad for those of you who are missing the fun of studying gulls!!)
More from the PacNW. I’ve been thinking of the many Western GUlls as “big birds” (58″ wingspan), but they were dwarfed as they escorted this eagle on its way. Eagle’s are 80″ wingspan. Also had gloaming fly-bys of Murrelet’s, Marbled I presume, but couldn’t be sure.
Allan and I headed out to Granger area yesterday on our semi-regular NED (Nature Exploration Day). We came across some nice shorebird habitats in wet fields and had 6 shorebird species for the morning. So shorebird season is ON!!! Here’s a few easy-peasy to ID. Didn’t get pix of several distant Am Golden Plover and…