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(Fwd) Lesser Black-backed Gull
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: (Fwd) Lesser Black-backed Gull
- From: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 13:49:15 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Doug would like somebody to check this bird out...
Crosswinds Marina is at Jordan Lake on Farrington Road, just north of US 64.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/tbg/xwinds.html
Hope it sticks around for the count on Sunday!
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Date sent: Fri, 03 May 2002 12:43:48 -0400
From: Douglas S Shadwick (dshadwic@csc.com)
I spotted a first winter Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cross Winds
Marina this morning. I am about 99% sure of this. I had the bird in the
same field as an adult Herring Gull and a Ring-billed Gull. The Lesser
Black-backed Gull was intermediate in size between the other two gulls.
The plumage was mottled brown - darker on the mantle and wings with black
primaries showning on the resting bird. The mantle also had a checkered
appearance. The head color was a light gray-white with noticable dark
smugging aroug the eye. The wing tips extended well beyond the tail tip.
The legs were pinkish. The one field mark I didn't see was the bill color
as the bird had its head tucked.
Given the location and late date, it would be nice if someone else
checked this bird out.
Doug
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