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Distant, backlit shot of adult Little Gull, Pueblo Reservoir, Colorado,
11/ 19/04. |
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Adult Little Gull, Pueblo Reservoir, Colorado, 11/ 19/04 (distant
digiscoped record shot.) |
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Adult Bonaparte's Gull, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Adult Bonaparte's Gull, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Juvenile Bonaparte's Gull, Larimer County, Colorado, 11/04. |
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Bonaparte's Gulls (adult basic) at Chatfield State
Park, Colorado, 12/03. |
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Bonaparte's Gull (juvenile) at Chatfield State Park,
Colorado, 11/02. |
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Three Bonaparte's Gulls at Chatfield State Park, Colorado. |
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1st Summer Bonaparte's Gull (note white on face), Union
Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado, 4/9/02. |
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Bonaparte's Gull (flying) with Ring-billed Gull, Union
Reservoir, Longmont, Colorado. |
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Mixed flock of Heermann's, California, and "Olympic" gulls
near Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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Adult Mew Gull (the famous "gimpy", recognizable by its
limp), back for a 7th winter at Union Reservoir, Weld County, Colorado,
11/05. |
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Adult Mew Gull, Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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Adult Mew Gull, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/05. |
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Adult Mew Gull, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/05. |
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Adult Mew Gull, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2/05. |
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1st basic "Nelson's" (?) Gull, Corpus Christi, Texas,
3/05. Hybridization between Herring & Glaucous gull suggested by
bill shape & size, pale head, long legs, & large size. ID conjectural,
but discussed on site with Martin Reid & Tony Leukering. |
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2nd Cycle hybrid Glaucous-winged X Herring Gull (?), Prince Lake
#1, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/04.
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2nd Cycle hybrid Glaucous-winged X Herring Gull (?), Prince Lake
#1, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/04.
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2nd Cycle hybrid Glaucous-winged X Herring Gull (?), Prince Lake
#1, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/04.
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2nd Cycle hybrid Glaucous-winged X Herring Gull (?), Prince Lake
#1, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/04. |
Adult Western Gull, Monterey Bay, California,
9/06.
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3rd-cycle Western Gull, Monterey Bay, California, 9/06. |
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1st-cycle Western Gull, Monterey Bay, California, 9/06. |
Tony Leukering bringing Western Gull into close range,
Pt. Pinos, California, 9/06. |
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Adult Western Gull, Westport, Washington, 9/05. |
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1st Basic Western Gull, Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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1st Basic Western Gull, Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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2nd-Cycle Western Gull, Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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"Olympic" gull (hybrid Western x Glaucous-winged Gull),
Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. Although it looks mostly good for Glaucous-winged,
it is growing in very dark primaries. |
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"Olympic" gull (hybrid Western x Glaucous-winged Gull),
Tokeland, Washington, 9/05. |
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"Olympic" gull (hybrid Western x Glaucous-winged Gull),
Westport, Washington, 9/05. |
Manky-looking adult Glaucous-winged Gull, Pt.
Pinos, California, 9/06.
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Manky-looking adult Glaucous-winged Gull, Pt. Pinos, California,
9/06. Note problem with secondaries- not sure what is up with that? |
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Ring-billed, Herring, Glaucous, and Great Black-backed Gulls, Pueblo
Reservoir, Colorado, Jan. 17, 2004. |
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Juvenile Sabine's Gull, Monterey Bay, California,
9/06.
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Adult alternate Sabine's Gull, Douglas County, Colorado, 8/06. (Poor
air quality affected these digiscoped shots...)
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Juvenile Sabine's Gull, Jumbo Reservoir, Washington County, Colorado,
9/04. |
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Adult alternate Sabine's Gull, Little Gaynor Lake, Boulder County,
CO, 9/03. |
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Adult alternate Sabine's Gull in flight, Little Gaynor Lake, Boulder
County, CO, 9/03. |
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Distant, distorted, digiscoped shot of Gull-billed & Royal Terns,
Popham Beach State Park, Maine, 6/22/06. First spotted by Steve N.G.
Howell, this is apparently Maine's 2nd or 3rd recorded Gull-billed Tern. |
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Adult alternate Gull-billed Tern, S. Padre Island, Texas, 5/04. |
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Adult alternate Caspian Tern, S. Padre Island, Texas, 5/04. |
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Adult Caspian Tern (center) and juvenile Caspian Tern
(at left) with Ring-billed Gulls, Barbour Ponds State Park, Weld County,
Colorado, 9/22/02. |
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Adult alternate Royal Tern splashing down with a Laughing Gull,
S. Padre Island, Texas, 3/05. |
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Adult alternate Royal Tern winging along, S. Padre Island, Texas,
3/05. |
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Adult basic Royal Tern, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, 6/04. |
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Adult alternate Royal Tern (showing dorsal & ventral wing surfaces),
S. Padre Island, Texas, 4/04. |
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Adult alternate Royal Tern (vocalizing & showing ventral wing
surface), S. Padre Island, Texas, 5/04. |
Digiscoped Elegant Terns, Moss Landing, California,
9/06.
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Adult alternate Sandwich Tern (carrying a fish), S. Padre Island,
Texas, 4/04. |
Adult Roseate Tern, Cape May, NJ, 5/06. Driven
ashore by northeastern winds, you can see how the wings droop on this
exhausted bird.
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Arctic Terns, Bar Harbor, Maine, 6/06.
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Dark-morph juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger, Washington County, Colorado,
9/05. |
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Composite photo of dark-morph juvenile Long-tailed Jaeger, Washington
County, Colorado, 9/05. |
