August 1, 2012
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Heerman’s Gull
Saw a brand new bird to me today…actually two of them. But one was more cool for some reason. I could tell from a distance that there was something not normal. I drove closer studied the gulls with my binoculars and found these guys.
The two with the red beaks are the new-to-me gulls. They have NOT been here all summer. This summer one of my goals was to learn how to tell gulls apart. I still am on a very big learning curve, but these were fairly easy as the bright red bill is unique to the Peninsula, as is the darker gray mantle.
So I decided to quick run home so I could get my camera and take pictures of them. On my way back I realized that seagull city (our family name for wherever the 150 plus gulls is parked for the day) was mixed with HALF heermans gulls.
So it wasn’t 5 new birds, it was a LOT…I haven’t taken the time to count LOL I was satisfied with a LOT.
