Subject: Re: Thayers Gull ID
Date: Jan 6 10:33:59 1995
From: Michael Smith - whimbrel at u.washington.edu


On Thu, 5 Jan 1995 STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com wrote:

> bill structure, brighter pink legs. The eye wasn't right for the majority
> of Thayer's according to Grant, but he clearly notes there are exceptions

Chris Hill and I saw an adult Thayer's-looking gull in Tacoma, which had
very light eyes, too. So there do seem to be exceptions to that rule.
The eyes appeared to be yellow, but we were too far away to see if they
had small brown 'specks' or not.

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Mike Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu