Re: [SBB] Gulls, mainly

[Mark Bohrer <[[email protected]]>]

Thanks to everybody whop pointed out my out-of-focus gull was a Western, 
not a Glaucous.

In the future, I'll issue a legal disclaimer for all unknown bird 
identifications in my photographs... ;)


At 10:31 PM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
>Mark,
>FYI, The gull in the background appears to be a Western Gull. It has an
>all-white head, medium dark gray mantle, black wingtips, pink feet, and the
>overall shape resembles Western. Glaucous Gull is pretty rare around here.
>It would show extremely pale back and white wingtips.
>
>Bruce Mast
>Oakland, CA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [[email protected]]
>[mailto:[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Mark Bohrer
>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:17 PM
>To: [[email protected]]; [[email protected]]
>Cc: [[email protected]]; [[email protected]]; SBB (E-mail)
>Subject: [SBB] Gulls, mainly
>
>On Sunday, I ignored the big football game and went walking at Mountain
>View's Shoreline Park. They're doing repairs on the pipes filling
>artificial Shoreline Lake, so my favorite spot to watch winter ducks is
>off-limits until May. But there were a couple guys around.
>
>This ring-billed gull communed with a much larger friend (probably a
>glaucous gull) at the inspection pier on the lake's west end:
>http://tinyurl.com/97ro4
>http://tinyurl.com/d74mp
>
>A male Anna's hummingbird did an over-the-shoulder fake in honor of the
>Super Bowl at Shoreline's northeast end, across from the island rookery:
>http://tinyurl.com/8pb6l
>
>All comments welcome.
>
>
>Mark Bohrer
>Precision Copywriting
>www.precision-copywriting.com
>(408) 866-9405
>
>Technical copy in plain language
>= CEOs buying from you
>
>

Mark Bohrer
Precision Copywriting
www.precision-copywriting.com
(408) 866-9405

Technical copy in plain language
= CEOs buying from you 


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