[mou] California Gull, L. Calhoun

[Warren Woessner]

The 1st winter Cal Gull was present on Lake Calhoun at about 5PM Wed. It
pretty much looks like the 1st winter bird shown in Sibley. I did not
see it flying..but the thin pink bill with a clean black tip makes it
fairly easy to pick out of all the Herring Gulls
Warren Woessner

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From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On
Behalf Of Bruce Fall
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:36 AM
To: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: [mou] California Gull, L. Calhoun


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

Bruce A. Fall
Minneapolis

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