I did not think you twitched Larry given the carbon footprint and all
(ducking). Just kidding.
I saw the photos last evening of the bird you referenced and offered my
perspective on the ID. Indeed, it was a 1st CYC Ring-billed Gull (RBGU).
Larophiles in our area will tell you that the “candidate” from yesterday, is
something we see in Brooklyn, Queens and the Island of Long. Nevertheless, it
is always a good thing to take a more critical look at these diminutive looking
RBGUs because one never knows what you may uncover even if it’s along the lines
of learning more about the “common” species.
Good Gulling!
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"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
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Andrew Baksh
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> On Nov 22, 2020, at 7:52 AM, Trachlar <[email protected]> wrote:
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> And that’s why chasing birds .... let alone gulls ...
>
> And it is another reminder of the prophetic words about gulls from Nell
> Zink’s “Wallcreeper” —-
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> "the many eerie transformations they undergo on their way from being
> indistinguishable to being basically identical."
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> Good gulling
> L. Trachtenberg
> Ossining
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