[EBB Sightings] Glaucous-winged gulls & Common Mergansers in Fremont

Hundreds of gulls were on and flying over Lake
Elizabeth in Fremont today.  Most were California and
ring-billed gulls, but dozens were glaucous-winged
gulls, and several of the latter were lined up on the
boat dock next to eight double-crested cormorants.
Photos of 1) an adult next to a much-smaller dark
juvenile California gull (and I think that's a 2nd
winter glaucous-winged with its back to us) and 2)
three glaucous-winged gulls (1st and 2nd winter, I
think) with a 1st winter (?) California gull in the
water:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/sing4me/Gulls%20and%20Mergansers/100_2437.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/sing4me/Gulls%20and%20Mergansers/100_2447.jpg
(Anyone having more insight on these gull IDs, please
comment!)

At the Niles staging area along Alameda Creek, the
common mergansers continue.  Photos of the male and
one of the three females:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/sing4me/Gulls%20and%20Mergansers/100_2468.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/sing4me/Gulls%20and%20Mergansers/100_2467.jpg




Stephanie Floyd
Fremont


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