Wonderful! This is the same Laughing Gull that spent most of last week in a
field near the Kiptopeke Inn. I posted some photos to facebook, and I think
other groups also found the bird during the week. I think this bird is
different from the red-billed Laughing Gull of two years ago, based on leg
color.
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, Va.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Karen Kearney <birdingva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thursday and Friday I took a short trip across the CBBT to the Eastern
Shore. Others have reported on the general migration movement so I won't
give a whole list of sitings here. But I've posted a few photos on my Flickr
site (www.flickr.com/birdingva) that include some Broad-winged Hawks,
Oystercatchers and other birds. I also saw and photographed a Red-billed
Laughing Gull on CBBT Island #1. One of these aberrant birds was seen at the
same place last year about this time, so I found it interesting that another
showed up. The photos to that gull are at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdingva/6201760285/in/photostream and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdingva/6201762487/in/photostream.
If you look closely, you'll see a good amount of red pigment in the gull's
legs and feet as well as in the bill.
Good birding---
Karen Kearney
Chesapeake
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