[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Nelson’s Gull Central Patk

I just received some additional images (thanks Julie) and the brownish primaries are interesting and promising. In her images, the mantle is not as pale/bleached looking as I saw in the one image I looked at earlier. Cheers, “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Nelson’s Gull Central Patk

I just received some additional images (thanks Julie) and the brownish primaries are interesting and promising. In her images, the mantle is not as pale/bleached looking as I saw in the one image I looked at earlier. Cheers, “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Nelson’s Gull Central Patk

I have seen a distant photo of the bird and to me it does not reconcile with Nelson’s. For one it looks way too pale. Its not a Glaucous Gull either. It could be a very bleached or leucistic Herring Gull but I’d like to see better images. Either way it’s a pretty cool looking bird. Nice find.

[nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] Nelson’s Gull Central Patk

I have seen a distant photo of the bird and to me it does not reconcile with Nelson’s. For one it looks way too pale. Its not a Glaucous Gull either. It could be a very bleached or leucistic Herring Gull but I’d like to see better images. Either way it’s a pretty cool looking bird. Nice find.