[cobirds] Lk. Estes gull (Beware: post contains gull jargon and minutiae and the thing is long)

2012-11-12 Thread coloradodipper
Hi all: At Nick's request, I have looked at the pix available of the bird that Scott Rashid found yesterday, and I must respectfully disagree with him about the bird's age and I am not sure that I agree with his species ID, at least in whole. The pix available of the beast are not the best

Re: [cobirds] Lk. Estes gull (Beware: post contains gull jargon and minutiae and the thing is long)

2012-11-12 Thread Nick Komar
Many thanks to Tony for his in-depth and educational contribution to the discussion. I was not at all sure of my assessment of the wing molt on this “interesting” bird. I would support Tony’s assessment of the non-identifiable status of this immature gull. I’m sure this is not what the