Tweets,

Rather bizarre-looking gulls. Brien Meilleur and I have been puzzling over them and the closest match might be winter adult Kamchatka Common/Mew Gulls, except the bills should be yellow and the mantle not so black. However, given the bright snow contrast the image could be overexposed. We inclined to make a run up to Everett to see if they might still be there.

Gene Hunn
18476 47th Pl NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
enhunn323 at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Deborah Hagerty
To: Tweeters
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 6:46 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Gull ID?


It was cold with the window down and the smell was... well, you know what it smells like out by the lagoons on the way to Spencer Island.

We saw these guys in the snow, rolled down the window and took their picture then went speeding off for fresher air. When a friend back east asked me what kind of birds they are, I realized that I was stumped by the black beaks and the dove like faces. The bird on the far left could have a lighter beak.

I have to admit that beyond Thayer's, California, and Glaucous I just don't know enough about gulls to know what to call these. Even at that I still need to look in a book to see who has pink feet and whose are yellow, which has the spot on its beak and who has the rings. So could you be kind to a poor girl and help me out here?

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BTW, this is an old "free" board that is full of add's and pop-ups. Sorry in advance about that.

Deb of Ray & Deb Fame
Everett Washington
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