I'd like to point out a misstatement in my post about second-cycle
Slaty-backed Gull versus Lesser Black-backed Gulls. It was not Ontario that
accepted a Lesser Black-backed Gull as a Slaty-backed Gull.
My point was that some second-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gulls have been
confused by some very
: [cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park Lesser Black-backed Gulls (5!);
Bufflehead and Pine Warbler videos
After hearing about Ken and Jay's interesting gull I decided to meet Jessie
at Stewart Park where we were eventually able to see what we are fairly
confident is the same interesting gull (based on some photos
Last Friday 3/16 there was also a good movement of Lesser Black-backed
Gulls through Stewart Park. See here for photos and eBird checklist:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S10188525
Thinking that this influx might become a regular occurrence, I checked the
meager gull flocks more
After hearing about Ken and Jay's interesting gull I decided to meet Jessie
at Stewart Park where we were eventually able to see what we are fairly
confident is the same interesting gull (based on some photos that Ken sent
me while I was there--THANK KEN!). The pattern of replacement in the wing