For anyone who looked at the pictures and still wasn't sure what the bird was, there is general agreement that it is a juvenile Herring Gull. I never like looking as if I don't know things, but I figure I have two choices. 1) Don't ask, and people won't realize that I don't know things. The drawback is that I would continue to not know anything. Or, 2) Ask, let people know that I don't know, and then learn. Option 2 always seems better. We have such a vast collection of great resources (people) here in Colorado that it seems silly not to take advantage of it. It's like having our own personal Ornithopedia (if you don't mind that I butcher the Latin language a bit). Thanks to everyone that took the time to look at the pictures, and extra thanks to everyone who took extra time to respond. I appreciate it. John Breitsch Denver, Colorado http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/
On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:21:07 PM UTC-6, JBreitsch - Denver wrote: > I saw a gull today off of the bird observatory platform that I am not sure > of the ID. > Definitely larger than the Ring-billed Gulls it was near, and it seemed > larger than the California Gulls that were farther off along the shore. It > didn't see quite big enough to be a Herring, but size can be deceiving. > > I have three sad little pictures here if anyone wants to give me their > thoughts. I'm going to keep my thoughts of Juvenile Thayer's to myself so > I don't sound overly stupid. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8697829456/in/photostream > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8697829310/in/photostream > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8696707103/in/photostream > > John Breitsch > Denver, Colorado > http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/jQ4eKtzF5TYJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
