Little Gull - Dave Nutter
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Date

Location

NY:CAY:Springport: Union Springs: FLX Marine breakwall (seasonal), (was Castelli's, then Frontenac Harbor)
Cayuga, New York, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 42.8392869, -76.6978848
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Immature, much smaller than Bonaparte’s, rosy wash below, sooty crown, white forehead, black bill, red legs (much darker than Bonaparte’s), molted white central tail feathers, retained black tipped outer tail feathers, bold dark M atop wings in flight showed as huge black carpal bar and black primaries at rest. Photos. Flew in with 3 immature Bonaparte’s Gulls & alit on breakwater. Rare on Cayuga Lake but when present usually with Bonaparte’s. Momentary confusion when Jay called out “Bonaparte’s flying” and I looked at this bird instead, remarking on the bold pattern and the rosy underside, describing its tail pattern, and saw that it was not larger than an adjacent Common Tern. Jay quickly realized I was looking at a different bird and added “Little Gull!” Perhaps the same immature Little Gull as found by Reuben Stoltzfus at Cayuga Lake SP on 9 May.

Technical information

Model
iPhone SE (1st generation)
Lens
iPhone SE (1st generation) back camera 4.15mm f/2.2
ISO
25
Focal length
4.2 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/2.2
Shutter speed
1/534 sec
Dimensions
658 pixels x 493 pixels
Original file size
92.47 KB