[NatureNS] Fw: Possible Black-tailed Gull at Sambro

From: Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:21:44 -0400
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From: Hans Toom=20
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Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:21 PM
Subject: Possible Black-tailed Gull at Sambro


Ray Staszko and I found an unusual gull this morning that I cannot =
identify. It was alone in the ball field opposite the firehall in =
Sambro. My record photos are a disaster since I could not get anywhere =
near this unusually skittish bird. Here's what I can say:

-medium sized gull definitely smaller than any Glaucous/Herring Gull;
-pale overall and very reminiscent of a first winter Iceland Gull, =
except;
-long black tail appearance for full 1/3 the length of the body;
-showed marked black band at end of tail in flight;
-legs were long and pale, less than typical flesh colour;
-no markings on or around head and eyes;
-bill was bicoloured, pinkish-yellow for the first half and then black =
to the tip.

I'll try for more photos later this afternoon.

Hans
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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.hanstoom.com/

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<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 08, 2013 1:21 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Possible Black-tailed Gull at Sambro</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ray Staszko and I found an unusual gull =
this=20
morning that I cannot identify. It was&nbsp;alone in the ball field =
opposite the=20
firehall in Sambro. My record photos are a disaster since I could not =
get=20
anywhere near this unusually skittish bird. Here's what I can =
say:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-medium sized gull definitely smaller =
than&nbsp;any=20
Glaucous/Herring Gull;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-pale overall and&nbsp;very reminiscent =
of a first=20
winter Iceland Gull, except;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-long black tail appearance for full =
1/3 the length=20
of the body;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-showed marked black&nbsp;band at end =
of tail in=20
flight;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-legs were long and pale, less than =
typical flesh=20
colour;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-no markings on or around head and=20
eyes;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>-bill was bicoloured, pinkish-yellow =
for the first=20
half and then black to the tip.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>I'll try for more photos later this=20
afternoon.</FONT></DIV>
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_________________________________________________________<BR>Hans=20
Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.hanstoom.com/">http://www.hanstoom.com/</A><BR></FONT>=
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