Subject: Re: Everett Waterfront, possible Slaty-back Gull - Reply
Date: Dec 5 16:55:53 1997
From: Christopher Hill - cehill at u.washington.edu




On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Steve Hampton wrote:

>
> I echo that comment. All the 3rd winter Slaty-backed photos I've
> seen (sample size is small here) have much of the adult primary
> pattern.

Pretty much everything that's been added to the discussion on tweeters
suggests that the Everett bird is not a Slaty-backed. What it is we may
never know - maybe just an unusually dark-headed Western.

If anything interesting crops up in the photos, I'll post it.

Chris Hill
Everett, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu