Subject: [Tweeters] Glaucous Gulls at "poop piles" photo
Date: Mar 25 09:03:36 2006
From: Dennis Rockwell - denrockwell at surfbest.net
Denny and all,
IMHO, that goose is almost certainly a Canada Goose X feral Greylag.
Dennis Rockwell
Kennewick, WA
denrockwell at surfbest.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denny Granstrand" <dgranstrand at charter.net>
To: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 10:17 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Glaucous Gulls at "poop piles" photo
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> I visited the Wallula poop piles near the Walla Walla River delta this
> afternoon, searching for the Iceland Gull that has been seen there
> recently. I dipped on it but did see two first-year Glaucous Gulls.
>
> Among other stops, I drove through Columbia Park in Richland hoping to
> find a Eurasion Wigeon. Dipped again but did find a hybrid Eurasian X
> American Wigson and a possible hybrid Canada Goose X Greater White-fronted
> Goose. Photos of the gulls, wigeon and goose are in the new photos folder
> on my website.
>
> I ran between the poop piles and the Two Rivers WMA searching for the
> Iceland Gull. There were a large number of gulls at Two Rivers, well over
> 3000, with a vast majority being Ring-billed Gulls. There were quite a
> few pink Ring-billed Gulls in the group, at least a ratio of one in 30-40.
>
> I did get a Eurasian Wigeon at Two Rivers for my year list.
>
> A Great Horned Owl is hooting near my house as I wrote this.
>
> Denny Granstrand
>
> * Denny Granstrand *
> * Yakima, WA *
> * dgranstrand at charter.net *
> * Denny's bird photos can be seen online at: *
> http://granstrand.net/gallery/
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