OK, I'll give. Looked at it first on my phone. The head appears too
rounded for a MAMU, which usually appears to have a very flat forehead;
and. the body proportionately too long and the bill a little too thick. On
these intermediate plumages, the overall shape can be more useful than the
feathering.
Bob OBrien

On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 4:33 PM <mcallisters4 at comcast.net> wrote:


> Pigeon Guillemot.

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> Kelly McAllister

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> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> *On Behalf

> Of *Byers

> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 1, 2019 3:51 PM

> *To:* tweeters at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* [Tweeters] ID help?

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>

> Hello Tweeters,

>

> Happy New Year and here is my first request for ID help for the year.

> Bill and I were down at the Edmonds waterfront this morning, and he took

> this distant shot of an alcid just so I could confirm my ID. I thought it

> was a juvenile Pigeon Guillemot, and it may be, but when I looked at the

> photo, it seemed like this bird's back was too black. The photos online

> show a bird with more black and white on the back. Also, the bill on this

> bird seemed thicker than illustrations and photos. So, is it a Pigeon

> Guillemot? Or something else?

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> https://www.flickr.com/photos/29258421 at N07/32688838898/in/dateposted-public/

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> Thanks in advance for your help. Charlotte Byers, Edmonds

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