Sorry, I meant to include this link to photos of the Kumlien's Gull from this
morning:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23281683@N04/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23281683@N04/4232311372/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23281683@N04/4232311284/
Structurally this bird was rather Thayer's like but the wingtips seem too pale.
Regards
Clive Harris
Cabin John, MD
--- On Thu, 12/31/09, Clive Harris <clivegharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Clive Harris <clivegharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fauquier and PW Landfills, Dec 31st
To: "VA Birds" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 12:52 PM
I made another tour of these two landfills earlier today in rather muddy and
slippery conditions.
The PW landfill had a 2nd winter Kumlien's Gull - different to the one I saw
almost two weeks ago being darker and better marked and with brown greater
coverts. No other white-winged gulls but there were 4 Lesser Black-backs. No
Laughing Gulls were present. At Fauquier there were c 200 Great Black-backs
(seems a high number for this site) and again 4 Lesser Black-backs of differing
ages.
Happy New Year
Clive Harris
Cabin John, MD
