Because several persons voiced skepticism regarding the identification of this bird I requested comments from a half dozen gull aficionados; all of whom have extensive experience with gulls and gull identification. The three responses I received are unanimous that the bird is indeed a Nelson’s Gull (Glaucous x Herring hybrid).
I thank Willie D’Anna, Paul Buckley, and Bob Lewis for their comments, and David Barrett for this permission to use photos which were better than mine! Peter Post > On Feb 2, 2021, at 12:58 PM, Peter Post <pwp...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > For those laraphiles. On the reservoir. > > Peter Post > > Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
