Many thanks to Shep for the boat ride to see the Black-tailed Gull.? The Gull is nearly invisible from the shore in the glare after about 2:30 pm.?

I've got great pictures. Where do I post for local birders?

RCC

Richard Carlson

Full-time Birder, Biker and Rotarian

Part-time Economist

Tucson, AZ, Lake Tahoe, CA, & Kirkland, WA

rccarl at pacbell.net

Tucson 520-760-4935

Tahoe 530-581-0624

Kirkland 425-828-3819

Cell 650-280-2965

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Shep Thorp <tanwaxlake at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Shep Thorp <tanwaxlake at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] Black-tailed Gull and Lapland Longspur - Browns Point
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 12:55 AM















Hi Tweeters,

?

Jeff Cohen called me this afternoon to let me know that Charlie Wright
had spotted a Black-tailed Gull along the Northeast shore of Commencement Bay,
just south of the Tyee Marina.? I
drove south on route 509 from Browns Point, ?Marine View Drive,? and the second
turn out between Tyee Marina and Ole and Charles Marina were four birders
working the gulls on the log booms/rafts off shore.? There I met Charlie, Guy, Randy, Mike, Anne Marie, Dick,
Jeff, Dave and several other enthusiastic birders (my apologies for not
remembering everyone?s name).?
Charlie found the Black-tailed Gull again in a mixed flock of California
Gulls, Mew Gulls and Bonaparte Gulls.?
We also saw Black Turnstone, Glaucous-winged Gulls, Olympic Gulls,
Western Gulls, Thayer?s Gull, 3 varieties of Cormorants, Least Sandpipers,
Horned Grebes and Common Mergansers.?
When the group split up, I took Jeff Cohen, Anne Marie Wood, Dick
Carlson, and Dave Richardson out on my 17-foot Dory motorboat to get a closer
look.? While puttering around
everyone with exception to poor Dave, got great looks of the Gull.? Several times we got within 20 feet and
had great opportunities to appreciate the dark gray back, sooty smudges around
the head, thick black ring on the yellow green beak proximal to a red mark on
the gonys, and bright yellow legs.?
Three times we unintentionally flushed the bird, and saw the black tail
with the thin terminal white band.?
What a sight!? Hopefully
this beauty will stick around for a while!

?

On the way home Jeff, Dave and I bumped into Ruth Sullivan and
Hans.? The Lapland Longspur is
still in the park!? I?m amazed how
tame she is, you can walk almost 5-10 feet within where she is feeding around
the picnic benches and blue trash bin along the southwest side of the
point.? Thanks everyone for the
terrific day.

?

Good birding,

Shep Thorp

Browns Point, Tacoma

sthorp at theaec.com

253-37-3742

?

?

?

Shep Thorp, VMD

Member, LLC

The Animal Emergency Clinic

Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center, PLLC

Tacoma, WA? 98409

253-474-0791 ~ fax 253-474-6057

http://www.theaec.com/

?

mailto:sthorp at theaec.com

mailto:tanwaxlake at comcast.net

cell #: 253-370-3742

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