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Thanks for sharing your experience Alan. I enjoyed reading it. It =
helps me for compiling a list of good areas to visit for when I get on =
the coast.
I did have a question though. I keep hearing the presence of a gull you =
guys refer to as the "Puget Sound Gull". I love gulls and their plumage =
variations, hybrids etc. Kind of miss the opportunity for seeing all =
the different species at Niagara Falls every November now. But anyways, =
I am wondering what the characteristics of this bird are. Is it a =
hybrid, a morph variant, or is it a separate species because I do not =
see it in any of the banding manuals or lists I have. Are they the GWGU =
x WEGU hybrids? =20
Could you or anyone please care to shed some light on this for me? =
Thanks so much.
Libor
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From: Pinguinus <Pinguinus at aol.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: December 17, 1997 6:05 PM
Subject: Point-No-Point this AM
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=20
I went to Point-No-Point this am to see if any Short-tailed =
Shearwaters or
Leach's Storm-Petrels blew in with yesterday's storm. Although there =
was a
report of one Short-tailed from the Edmonds-Kingston ferry, =
yesterday at 11:30
Kingston side heading south, not a one of either the shearwater or =
storm-
petrel this morning from the Kitsap Peninsula. But there were =
hundreds of
alcids. I counted 457 Common Murres and over 150 Ancient Murrelets. =
It was
difficult to count the murrelets; they kept flying back and forth =
across the
point, plunging directly into the water without landing first, =
riding the
waves and diving in unison. One flock contained 47 individuals. =
Several came
within a few feet of the shore, allowing great views. Also saw a =
total of 8
Pigeon Guillemots, 3 Rhinoceros Auklets, and 1 Marbled Murrelet.
=20
About one out every ten murres displayed some interesting plumage
characteristics. These seemed to be molting into alternate plumage =
or they
were molting out of it (late). Anyway, these birds had a mostly dark =
head. The
first one I saw I had to double take, thinking it was a Thick-billed =
Murre,
but it lacked the white tomium stripe, blunt thickish bill, unmarked =
white
flanks, and truer black (not brownish-black) upperparts of that =
species. In
other words, it appeared nearly the same as the other murres it was =
hanging
out with, except with the nealry complete black head. Others I noted
throughtout the morning had varying amounts of black coming in on =
the cheeks
and throat as well. I am not totally familiar with molt patterns in =
murres,
but I believed that they retained their basic plumage through the =
late fall
and most of the winter...any clarification on this topic is most =
welcome.
=20
Other species included Pacific, Common and Red-throated Loons, =
Red-necked,
Western and Horned Grebes, Brandt's Cormorants (35+!), Pelagic and =
Double-
crested Cormorants, all three scoters, Oldsquaw, Barrow's and Common
Goldeneye, Red-breasted Mergansers, Bonaparte's, Mew, California, =
Glaucaous-
winged and "Puget Sound" Gulls. There was a group of Black Brant =
almost half-
way between Kingston and Edmonds on the return ferry trip.=20
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_____________________________
Alan J. Knue
pinguinus at aol.com
Seattle, WA 98117
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Thanks for =
sharing your=20
experience Alan. I enjoyed reading it. It helps me for =
compiling a=20
list of good areas to visit for when I get on the coast.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I did have a =
question=20
though. I keep hearing the presence of a gull you guys refer to as =
the=20
<FONT color=3D#800000>"Puget Sound Gull"</FONT>. I love =
gulls and=20
their plumage variations, hybrids etc. Kind of miss the =
opportunity for=20
seeing all the different species at Niagara Falls every November =
now. But=20
anyways, I am wondering what the characteristics of this bird are. =
Is it a=20
hybrid, a morph variant, or is it a separate species because I do =
not see=20
it in any of the banding manuals or lists I have. Are they the =
GWGU x WEGU=20
hybrids? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" =
size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Could you or anyone please =
care to shed=20
some light on this for me? Thanks so much.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Libor</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20
</B>Pinguinus <<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:Pinguinus at aol.com">Pinguinus at aol.com</A>><BR><B>To: =
</B><A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu">tweeters at u.washington.edu</A> =
<<A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu">tweeters at u.washington.edu</A>&g=
t;<BR><B>Date:=20
</B>December 17, 1997 6:05 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Point-No-Point this =
AM<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>I went to Point-No-Point this am to see if =
any=20
Short-tailed Shearwaters or<BR>Leach's Storm-Petrels blew in with=20
yesterday's storm. Although there was a<BR>report of one =
Short-tailed from=20
the Edmonds-Kingston ferry, yesterday at 11:30<BR>Kingston side =
heading=20
south, not a one of either the shearwater or storm-<BR>petrel this =
morning=20
from the Kitsap Peninsula. But there were hundreds of<BR>alcids. I =
counted=20
457 Common Murres and over 150 Ancient Murrelets. It =
was<BR>difficult to=20
count the murrelets; they kept flying back and forth across =
the<BR>point,=20
plunging directly into the water without landing first, riding =
the<BR>waves=20
and diving in unison. One flock contained 47 individuals. Several=20
came<BR>within a few feet of the shore, allowing great views. Also =
saw a=20
total of 8<BR>Pigeon Guillemots, 3 Rhinoceros Auklets, and 1 Marbled =
Murrelet.<BR><BR>About one out every ten murres displayed some =
interesting=20
plumage<BR>characteristics. These seemed to be molting into =
alternate=20
plumage or they<BR>were molting out of it (late). Anyway, these =
birds had a=20
mostly dark head. The<BR>first one I saw I had to double take, =
thinking it=20
was a Thick-billed Murre,<BR>but it lacked the white tomium stripe, =
blunt=20
thickish bill, unmarked white<BR>flanks, and truer black (not=20
brownish-black) upperparts of that species. In<BR>other words, it =
appeared=20
nearly the same as the other murres it was hanging<BR>out with, =
except with=20
the nealry complete black head. Others I noted<BR>throughtout the =
morning=20
had varying amounts of black coming in on the cheeks<BR>and throat =
as well.=20
I am not totally familiar with molt patterns in murres,<BR>but I =
believed=20
that they retained their basic plumage through the late fall<BR>and =
most of=20
the winter...any clarification on this topic is most =
welcome.<BR><BR>Other=20
species included Pacific, Common and Red-throated Loons,=20
Red-necked,<BR>Western and Horned Grebes, Brandt's Cormorants =
(35+!),=20
Pelagic and Double-<BR>crested Cormorants, all three scoters, =
Oldsquaw,=20
Barrow's and Common<BR>Goldeneye, Red-breasted Mergansers, =
Bonaparte's, Mew,=20
California, Glaucaous-<BR>winged and "Puget Sound" Gulls. =
There=20
was a group of Black Brant almost half-<BR>way between Kingston and =
Edmonds=20
on the return ferry trip. =
<BR><BR>_____________________________<BR> =20
Alan J. Knue<BR> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:pinguinus at aol.com">pinguinus at aol.com</A><BR> =
Seattle, WA=20
98117<BR><BR> <BR> =
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