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Index of Subjects All: The question on Mew vs. Common Gulls raised by Richard Stern is a good one, and should always be in mind when seeing one of these small gulls here. This one, however, appears to be (as usual) a Common Gull - i.e. probably from Iceland (Eric Mills, Bruce Mactavish, agree on this). It is a second-cycle (2nd winter) bird, and the fine head streaking (not diffuse and forming a "scarf") and extensive black on the primaries, and perhaps the lack of black on tail, all indicate Common rather than Mew. It's my feeling that Mew Gull (which is now usually recognized as a different species from Common) will turn up some day with Ring-billeds in fields of the Valley and Cum.-Col. counties. One small-billed, round-headed bird photographed years ago in Kings may have been one of those, but the one image is too small and blurry to be certain. Cheers, Ian Ian McLaren Quoting Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>: > ......is at Shannon Park right now. (12:30). Can't tell through > scope or photos I have just taken if it's Common or Mew. > > Richard Stern > sternrichard@gmail.com > Sent from my iPhone > >
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