Emily and I had an odd, large gull at Pier 4 (Ferry pier) in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.
A noticeably large gull, white-winged lineage, but unusual level and arrangement of darkish tones on primaries. Got a few grab shots before it left the area. I'm a little rusty on my larids (and have looked at way too many early cycle gull variations this winter to be sure of anything anymore), but is this a Nelson Gull (Herring x Glaucous hybrid)? Didn't look right for Kumlien's but others may diosagree. Rick Cech https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Odd-Gull-Nelson Web site on Nelson: http://larusology.blogspot.com/2009/11/nelsons-gull.html -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
