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Index of Subjects Hi James: That one photo may be diagnostic; can I see it? All best, Ian Quoting James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com>: > > Hi all: > Snip, snip We had an interesting gull off of North > Light this morning. It had an all black mantle and a black tail. > The head was rounded and it reminded me of a Bonaparte gull in > flight, sort of like a torpedo. The body also looked out of > proportion in flight. Very chunky but also like a torpedo shape. > Maybe some hybrid. The mantle was too dark for a lesser > black-backed gull. It was lesser black-backed gull size though > according to others perspective, but to me it seemed somewhat > smaller. There is a remote probability of it maybe being a > Black-tailed gull. I believe only one photo of the bird was > obtained, but it only shows the underside. We will likely never know > for sure. >
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