MOB Chuck C has one on the Big List on 3/28. I saw one at the Terry Sewage Lagoon on 6/9. Mike...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 8, 2008 7:02 pm
I've posted a couple of images of potential ICELAND GULL here: http://blackfoot.net/~larkwick/GlaucousOther_Gulls.html I wish I'd seen it on the ground, as...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 8, 2008 7:19 pm
Jim et al: It's killing me that I did not go to the "gullery" yesterday, and simply cannot today either! Hope this bird stays through at least tomorrow (I...
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Cliff Weisse
cliffweisse
Dec 8, 2008 8:13 pm
Josh, Way to go. Iceland Gull is a great find. I looked at Jim's photos but they're all flight shots. Did you get any photos of the bird perched? Even poor...
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Lou Ann Harris
birdsmontana
Dec 9, 2008 6:32 pm
Mobsters, For those of you considering coming on the Livingston CBC this coming Sunday, we are meeting at The Beanery (the old Martin's Cafe) at 7 a.m. for...
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Patrick A. Toomey Jr.
ptoomeyjr
Dec 9, 2008 7:20 pm
Okay, Here is my Christmas present to the MOB. With these short lists you can reflect back on those golden years of birding from 2004 through 2007 and...
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Bob Martinka
birder_bob
Dec 9, 2008 9:00 pm
Aviphiles - Most of the Helena Valley Regulating Reservoir froze over in the past day with only a few smallish open areas. The open area by the outlet...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 9, 2008 9:41 pm
MOB-sters: Susannah and I ran up to the "gullery" at lunch to look for the Iceland Gull reported Sunday. When we arrived, Jim and Lark were already there ...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 9, 2008 10:53 pm
MOB-sters: It may seem odd to respond to my own post, but I would like to ask Pete, Josh and Jim to look at the photos I posted closely. When I said that...
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Pete Smith
snake_chickadee
Dec 10, 2008 12:42 am
i have to admit that when i first called up dan's photos, I thought, "that's the same bird that we saw". dan's bird has the same general head and body shape....
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Joshua Covill
birdbrainjwc
Dec 10, 2008 5:00 am
Part 1 of 2 (2 will be given tomorrow when I have more time to write) Wow, the last few days have been really exciting. Now, for the first time I had the...
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Radd Icenoggle
radley521
Dec 10, 2008 5:14 am
Josh's post brings up a very important point that I think we as a collective group know as a fact, at least sub-conscientiously. Identification mistakes or...
5326
Chuck Carlson
chuckcmt
Dec 10, 2008 6:00 am
Mobsters One thing to keep in mind is that there is a small race of Glaucous Gulls (barrovianus) that breeds in Alaska. This is what I was told my first...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 10, 2008 6:29 am
Josh, MOB-sters: I got two pictures of the small-billed Glaucous with its wings open. There does not appear to be any anomaly in the spot on the left wing ...
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Bob Martinka
birder_bob
Dec 10, 2008 4:12 pm
MOB and fellow Lariphiles: In chatting with a birder friend yesterday who is not a MOB member but who is familiar with these gull species, he mentioned that...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 7:04 pm
I've posted a shot I made on Tuesday of the perched "mystery gull", as well as composite comparing the Sunday "mystery bird" with a Sunday Glaucous Gull and...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 7:08 pm
Dan - regarding below: That gap might only show when wind is blowing past, separating the feathers. Also, did you happen to get any shots showing undertail -...
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Bob Martinka
birder_bob
Dec 10, 2008 8:53 pm
MOB: Here is a website with some recent pics of Iceland Gulls. http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/2008/12/kumliens-gulls-turners-falls-1207.html Bob Martinka...
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Alan Nelson
may271933
Dec 10, 2008 9:56 pm
I have posted two images of a Kumlien's Iceland Gull that I took in 2005. This gull was accepted by the birding committee. I post this for comparison purposed...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 10:42 pm
Noticeably smaller than California, and larger than Ring-billed. But... there's always a "chance" of a large Iceland... Leaning toward hybrid - Jim ... ...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 10:48 pm
It's easy to see how pale Glaucous-winged could be mistaken for Iceland, but bill size should rule that error out. However, I don't see any substantial...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 10, 2008 10:52 pm
MOB-sters: On my trip to the dump today, I was rewarded with good looks at the bird in question. I am now willing to back-pedal and say that the bird I called...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 11:13 pm
I found this interesting site, with many Kumlien's gull images: http://www.jeaniron.ca/Gulls/htmgulls/index.htm Let's hear it for the internet! Jim in Thompson...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 11:19 pm
In the images posted yesterday of the mystery gull with other gulls, the yellow iris and dual-colored spot of California is evident in the birds to right and...
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Jim Greaves
lbvireo
Dec 10, 2008 11:27 pm
Oops! The leg color alone should say not California, or Thayer's. But bird to left as we face the mystery bird (in light of Dan's recent post, dare we now call...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 11, 2008 1:30 am
MOB-sters: With apologies to those of you have already tired of the recent emphasis on gulls, I would like to add some more thoughts and analysis (as promised)...
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Dan Casey
danbcr10
Dec 11, 2008 1:51 am
MOB-sters: Re-reading Grant, he measured the bill from the feathering at the top of the culmen (ridge of upper mandible). I originally measured from the gape....
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Judy Hoy
jah.starling66
Dec 11, 2008 5:02 pm
Hi All, This new very comprehensive review of hormone disruption has a good discussion of effects in birds. Some of you may be interested. The link is ...
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Cliff Weisse
cliffweisse
Dec 11, 2008 5:16 pm
A few thoughts on the Iceland Gull candidate. First I think caution should be used when trying to quantify traits like bill length to eye ratio in photos....
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Joshua Covill
birdbrainjwc
Dec 12, 2008 2:18 am
This whole thing has been eating me away inside. Especially the fact I have been away from the computer for a few days. The thrill of discovery was almost...
