Subject: [Tweeters] OS photos
Date: Jan 11 10:53:17 2006
From: sgmlod at aol.com - sgmlod at aol.com


Greetings All

Bill's photos are wonderful

In answer to his queries.

The gull is a 2nd year Western x GW Gull

The Cacklers are minima (or at least mostly; hard to ID each one)

The large Canada Goose is a moffitti, though it might have a bit of Dusky (occidentalis) blood given that it is a tad darker than average. Occidentalis was introduced (or such was attempted) in the 1970s (I believe) but interbred extensively with the local moffitti, and the result is some intermediate looking birds that still live in sw. WA, but none look quite like "pure" Duskies.

Finally, in the grebe shots, look at the shot above the one with the lone standing bird. In that shot, a Clark's Grebe can be seen on the beach.

Cheers
Steven Mlodinow
Everett WA