Subject: Re: Unknown gull
Date: Dec 8 11:09:33 1994
From: Dan Victor - dvictor at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 7 Dec 1994 Michael Brown MBEB1215 at delphi.com wrote:

> This morning, on the football field north of my school, I saw a
> gull I couldn't identify. It was about 17", maybe a little bigger.
> It had a pale gray mantle with wingtips the same shade (or nearly).
> The abdomen was white. Head, nape, upper back and breast mottled
> with brownish gray. Legs and feet pink. Dark eyes. Near complete
> subterminal black ring on bill. Impression was of a Ring-billed
> Gull but with dark eyes, pink legs, and pale wingtips. Any ideas?

Michael,

My guess would be an immature Ring-billed Gull. Quite a number frequent
the "frosh pond" on the UW campus. There's an amazing difference from
the mature ones.

Dan Victor <dvictor at u.washington.edu> Seattle, WA