Michael Price wrote:

>This may have come up before in Tweeters; if so, I missed the answer --but
>where the heck do Basic 1 Mew Gulls *go* in the winter? Usual wintering
>flock here in Vancouver BC consists of 90-95% Def Basic adults, some Basic 2
>birds and a few Basic 1 birds. A healthy whack of juveniles come through
>Vancouver BC beginning in late July and on into August and early September,
>then the adults. Where do those juvs go for the winter?

I think they mostly go to California, where a much greater proportion in
winter are immatures. It's common for young birds to migrate farther south
than the adults.

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