[mou] Laughing Gull in Olmsted County

2008-06-15 Thread Kim R Eckert
Since no one else has commented on the ID of this possible Laughing Gull as of Sunday morning, here are some thoughts which I hope are of some help. First of all, this is under-appreciated ID problem not fully covered in the standard field guides, since first-summer (i.e., one-year-old) Fra

[mou] Laughing Gull in Olmsted County

2008-06-14 Thread Paul Pedersen
Several of us who saw the possible Laughing Gull this morning in Olmsted County would like some feedback from the listserve based on photos I took of the bird. The photos are not the greatest quality but they are the best we have. We thought we would open it up for some discussion and opinion fr