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L286cD48L3NwYW Not doubting but wanting to know so when I see 6000 Herring gulls on Brier this year, I might look for Thayers? thanks N On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Alix d'Entremont <alixdentremont@hotmail.com> wrote: > Nick and others, > > > Once you've looked at gulls for a few years you'll see that Thayer's is > actually quite different from Herring. There is a lot of material online > about the identification of a Thayer's, so I won't go into too much detail, > but in short, Thayer's typically show a dark eye and have outer primaries > showing less extensive black than a Herring. The confusion species really is > the dark end of the Kumlien's subspecies of Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides > kumlieni). > > > Alix Arthur d'Entremont > BSc Geomatics Engineering > > > 292 Abbott's Harbour Road > Middle West Pubnico > Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia > Canada B0W 2M0 > > > Phone: +1 902 762 2082 > Mobile: +1 902 307 0373 > e-mail: alixdentremont@hotmail.com > Bird Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/alixd/ > Website http://alixdentremont.blogspot.ca/ > > > > ________________________________ > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on > behalf of Nick Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com> > Sent: February 3, 2017 8:45 AM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Update to the Blake Maybank Winter Bird List > (194)(96) > > Wow! what field marks separated it from Herring Gull? > > On Feb 2, 2017 21:37, "Keith Lowe" <mythos25@live.com> wrote: >> >> Our first DoWL (Depth of Winter List, Observed-in-February) update starts >> up off with 96 species. >> >> >> >> The most notable entry on the DoWL is our first ever Thayer’s Gull. Mark & >> Sandra Dennis and Mike MacDonald found what appears to be the same Thayer’s >> Gull that was found by Alix d’Entremont at Dennis Point, Pubnico on Jan 8 >> and seen there regularly until Jan 15 then once more on Jan 29 >> >> >> >> Winter Bird List: 194 >> >> DoWL: 96 >> >> www.nsbirdsociety.ca /Library / Winter Birds >> >> Keith Lowe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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