ML27934311
Contributor
Douglas Leighton Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Columbia Wetlands Hwy 95 Views 10-17 km S of Golden
Columbia-Shuswap, British Columbia, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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Media notes
very poor FOY record photo
Observation details
FOY and my earliest Golden area record by a week; despite the distance and viewing conditions I could identify these birds (versus Ring-billed Gulls which were also seen here) because of the relative darkness of their mantles (comparable to the California Gull they were near (photo)), the extensive white on their rumps (wide tertial crescent) and smaller patches of their backs (scapular crescent), and the lack of any ring on their small yellow bills (seen fairly well with my scope)
Technical information
- Dimensions
- 592 pixels x 443 pixels
- Original file size
- 69.25 KB