Subject: Re: Odd Mew Gull
Date: Dec 14 13:23:05 1995
From: Joe Morlan - jmorlan at slip.net


On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Janet Hardin wrote:

> Fellow Tweets --
>
> Have any of you ever seen a Mew Gull with yellow eyes? I saw one yesterday

Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, about 5% of Mew Gulls have somewhat
pale eyes, not clear yellow but brownish-yellow. At close range you can
see the color of the iris is made up of small brown spots which vary in
density depending on the individual. Those with less dense spotting
reveal a yellowish background color to the iris.

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Joe Morlan
Albany, CA
jmorlan at slip.net