[EBB Sightings] Mystery gull at Lake Merritt?

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I=B9ve been seeing a gull at Lake Merritt the past week that I can=B9t ID. I=
t 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=3D/706a&.src=3Dph
It looks similar to a Glaucous-winged Gull but the head and neck markings
seem rather dark.
Is it a Glaucous-winged? A hybrid?

I saw 3 male Barrow=B9s Goldeneye earlier in the week around the islands but
none today. No Common or Barrow=B9s Goldeneye near the 12th St. inlet yet, b=
ut
there were about a dozen pairs of Bufflehead around the islands. Also a
nicely posed Belted Kingfisher in a tree on an island.

Kristi Whitfield
Oakland, CA

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he past week that I can’t ID. It is a large gull (size of adult Wester=
n Gull) with grey primaries, white tail, and pink legs. I snapped a few phot=
os:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mamkristi/album?.dir=3D/706a&.src=3Dph

It looks similar to a Glaucous-winged Gull but the head and neck markings se=
em rather dark.

Is it a Glaucous-winged? A hybrid?

I saw 3 male Barrow’s Goldeneye earlier in the week around the islands=
 but none today. No Common or Barrow’s Goldeneye near the 12th St. inl=
et yet, but there were about a dozen pairs of Bufflehead around the islands.=
 Also a nicely posed Belted Kingfisher in a tree on an island.

Kristi Whitfield

Oakland, CA


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