Hello tweets,

I reported a Lesser Black-backed Gull from the Cedar River mouth on 18 October, and looking more carefully at the distant photos, I have decided it is (presumably) a very dark California Gull. It looked darker than any Californias I have ever seen (but it was a cloudy day), and after seeing the photos with the odd bill and leg colors of the Chittenden Locks LBBG, I thought the bill and legs could match that species. But I have reconsidered, so if anyone is still gleaning records from tweeters, please cancel this one.

Or perhaps eBird is the only source of records of rarities anymore.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle