[mou] California Gull, L. Calhoun

[Bruce Fall]

On 31 October (4:00-5:00 p.m., overcast) and 2 November (4:50-5:20 
p.m., clear) I observed a 1st-winter California Gull among the several 
hundred Herring and Ring-billed gulls swimming and roosting on the west 
side of Lake Calhoun (Minneapolis). The California Gull was with the 
mostly Herring Gull subgroup nearer the west shore (as close as 150 m). 
If you find the CAGU, please document it--thus far I lack information 
on wing or tail pattern in flight. Also present both days was a 
1st-winter Thayer's Gull, and on 2 Nov. only, 1 adult Lesser 
Black-backed Gull and 6 adult Bonaparte's Gulls.

Bruce A. Fall
Minneapolis