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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:29 AM Post #7184880
| Took a few photo's.
Ringed-billed and Herring Gull
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:32 AM Post #7184887
| More Gull's here, dead fish were coming in with the NE wind. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:33 AM Post #7184891
| Gull's take to the air. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:34 AM Post #7184892
| Bored Gull 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:35 AM Post #7184897
| Enter Great Black-backed Gull 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:37 AM Post #7184902
| I dont think he's an adult quite yet. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:38 AM Post #7184905
| An adult GB-b Gull 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:39 AM Post #7184910
| Big Boy 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
12:50 AM Post #7184932
| make room fellas... I was told that some one had claimed to have spotted a Sabine's Gull, no one had a field guide and someone on a bicycle (which is not allowed) had scared if off while riding through the middle of the Gull's. (sigh) I doubt it wouldve been a Sabine's anyways, myself I was hoping for a Glaucous Gull, but the GB-b Gull was a new one so thats kool. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 19, 2009
01:15 AM Post #7184978
| same pic uncropped 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
October 19, 2009
04:16 AM Post #7185156
| Nice ones Burd! |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
October 19, 2009
05:19 AM Post #7185183
| Neat pics!
The one with the bored gull needs a caption. (I'm thinking of a drill sergeant I once knew...) |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
October 19, 2009
05:48 AM Post #7185198
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| Quoted: | | I was told that some one had claimed to have spotted a Sabine's Gull |
Claims that are rarely true . . . I'd not lose any sleep over it ;-)
Resin
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
October 24, 2009
05:59 PM Post #7204460
| Sorry in this case I have to disagree. The Sabines Gull I mentioned a while back was seen by several experts and was entered into Ebird by Don Freiday and Michael O'Brien on Oct. 11th
Here is the page of reports: http://ebird.org/ebird/top100?locInfo.regionType=subnational...
Here is a little about Don Freiday; http://www.birdcapemay.org/cont_frieday.html
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 24, 2009
10:28 PM Post #7205324
| I guess anything is possible, my field guide says (for Sabines) rare on east coast, but a few juveniles can show up on far inland lakes every fall. Thanks for the link Pelle. |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
October 25, 2009
02:26 PM Post #7206978
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| Quoted: | | Sorry in this case I have to disagree. The Sabines Gull I mentioned a while back was seen by several experts |
Yep, they are sometimes around!! Just not very often! (and sadly, a lot of claims are misidentifications, too).
Happened here too today! Juvenile Sabine's Gull just 10km from home (my closest ever!). With an adult-winter Black-headed Gull (front left) here.
Resin
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
October 25, 2009
02:29 PM Post #7206982
| Nice! |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
October 25, 2009
02:29 PM Post #7206984
| Same pic with a tighter crop so it shows up full size
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
October 25, 2009
02:33 PM Post #7206995
| Next best pic. All my others came out rather blurred :-((
Resin
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
October 25, 2009
02:36 PM Post #7207002
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Thanks!
I guess my pics are just about good enough for BirdFiles . . heading there now!
Resin
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ducbucln
Kelseyville, CA
(Zone 8b)
October 25, 2009
04:39 PM Post #7207403
| Great photos, all of them!! |
Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 25, 2009
06:06 PM Post #7207629
| Nice shot of the Sabines Resin! I find myself checking Gull's out more regularly now. lol |
Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 25, 2009
08:58 PM Post #7208265
| These pics from the same beach, 15 years ago you would have hardly ever heard of a Double-crested Cormorant on Lake Erie, things have changed a little. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 25, 2009
08:58 PM Post #7208268
| 2 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 25, 2009
08:59 PM Post #7208271
| 3 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
October 25, 2009
09:00 PM Post #7208281
| No. 4, Watched a couple thousand go by, one line of them looked to be a half mile long. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
November 01, 2009
11:42 PM Post #7232303
| The Gull's must like crushed stone. 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
November 01, 2009
11:43 PM Post #7232306
| lil closer 
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
November 01, 2009
11:44 PM Post #7232311
| cropped 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 02, 2009
07:19 AM Post #7232825
| Nice ones Burd!
It is neat to hear about what was never in an area not all that many years ago too. |
MargaretK
PERTH
Australia
November 02, 2009
09:09 AM Post #7233006
| Fantastic shots. |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
November 02, 2009
10:05 AM Post #7233136
| Grief, what a hideous hill! Gulls like places like that because there's nowhere that a predator (e.g. fox) could hide.
Resin
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Burd_Fotos
Sandusky, OH
November 02, 2009
11:15 AM Post #7233363
| I went to the Huron pier to look for the odd Gull's, nothing but Ring-billed and Herring Gull's. Here's a pic of how the "hideous hill" came to be. Coyote's are more of a threat than Fox here, but I always heard Gull's couldn't be eaten because of what they eat, must of been meant for human's. 
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom
(Zone 9a)
November 02, 2009
09:29 PM Post #7235526
| Yep, a coyote wouldn't have the same worries about eating gulls that people do! And just the same as a fox, a coyote wouldn't be able to sneak up on those gulls on the rock pile
Resin
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