Subject: Gull identification:
Date: Jan 19 19:37:27 1998
From: "Ruth Sullivan" - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net


You dont have to SHOUT!!!!!
i got approached today by Birders about you message concerning the Slaty-
backed Gull.There said quote:because you are a Top birder you not
GOD.Poeple now are realy confused, what there realy looking for, two or
three Slaty- backed Gulls?When i said only i look at the Head, Bill smudge
aroud Eye and fine gold brownish pinstripes, [THIS IS FOR ME ONLY} i can
identify this Gull not by the dark mantle alone.According to Dennis this is
a typical normal Plumage for this Species.I know for fact, there do have
lighter Plumage Slaty- backed Gulls, this i know before the Gull on
1-1-1994 arrived, because i had a Photo which was taken in Ravelstok BC
Patrick found.The point i try to make here, that we not all DUMMIES, only
the Top-Notch Birders have to be right.
Ruth
GOGWIT at worldnet.att.net