[EBB Sightings] Mystery gull at Lake Merritt?

[EBB Sightings] Mystery gull at Lake Merritt?

Joseph Morlan
Sun Nov 06 18:44:09 PST 2005
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    On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:19:23 -0800, Kristi  wrote:
    
    >I¹ve been seeing a gull at Lake Merritt the past week that I can¹t ID. It is
    >a large gull (size of adult Western Gull) with grey primaries, white tail,
    >and pink legs. I snapped a few photos:
    >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mamkristi/album?.dir=/706a&.src=ph
    >It looks similar to a Glaucous-winged Gull but the head and neck markings
    >seem rather dark.
    >Is it a Glaucous-winged? A hybrid?
    
    It's a Glaucous-winged.  They can get a very smudgy head and neck in the
    winter.
    
    Here's a key to help identify winter gulls in the Bay Area:
    
    http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/gull_key.pdf
    
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    Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044  jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu 
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