Re: Gull ID quiz
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#1. Beach buzzard #2. Beach buzzard #3. Beach buzzard #4. Beach buzzard #5.flying Beach buzzard
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Re: Gull ID quiz
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Herring Ring-billed Mew Glaucous Iceland they have dainty bills with no red lower mandibles
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Re: Gull ID quiz
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Herring Ring-billed Mew Glaucous Iceland they have dainty bills with no red lower mandibles Some do have a slight red. Interesting, you make a great point that the bill on the Iceland is daintier. So I would agree with you that it is a Glaucous-winged Gull. I had to look it up, as we don’t have them here. Thanks for the correction on the ID.
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Re: Gull ID quiz
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Herring Ring Billed Mew??? Glaucous (immature) Glaucous-winged hunttrap247 got it right first. Although technically the Mew gull is now called the Short-billed Gull. Lots of good discussions on the IDs, thanks everyone who took the time to comment. There are roughly 30 species of gulls that can be seen in the US, though 6-8 of those are vagrants from other countries that are very rare. I know many people just see them all as “seagulls” as never realize there are many different species.
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Re: Gull ID quiz
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Guess you should never second guess yourself.
I second guessed because I saw the dark eye and darker tips on the flights started steering me towards a Thayer's.
Other than the Ring Billed and Herring I've never seen these in person much, I'm just a bird nut with a good Field Guide!
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Re: Gull ID quiz
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That is what threw me was photo 2 since you are in a area of cross-contanination of Ring bill and California Gulls mixing more light mantle puts it towards RGG and you would have had to be on the coast for a Western but their mantle is darker
sure glad all those 100's of trips to the dump to count gulls came back to refresh my memory I don’t think I’ve ever seen a California with the complete ring on the bill like the one in the picture, immatures will have the black tip but not a ring. I’ve got some islands around me where both nest and I’ve taken pictures side by side as comparisons but that was with my old camera and they didn’t come out well, may have to spend some time and redo them.
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