ML645745109

Observation details

Immature(s). First seen on Red Lighthouse Breakwater keeping low on far side so the crown of the concrete blocked view of its wingtips, but it was uniformly buffy with an all-black bill. All birds from there flushed (a dozen Mallards, 4 Great Black-backed Gulls, 175 American Herring Gulls, & 3 Double-crested Cormorants had been there), perhaps due to a Mink walking the entire length carrying a fish. I did not see the Iceland Gull in flight, but later (both from the Swan Pond trail) I found one alone on the lake E of the Red Lighthouse & swimming E. This bird then changed direction & I got a distant digiscope photo at 1229, & then it bathed. At 1304 scoping NNE from the dock I got a much sharper digiscope photo of an immature Iceland Gull, which also appeared whiter, but this may have been due to it being in a brief patch of direct sun. At 1417 looking N from the dock I digiscoped an immature Iceland Gull which again looked buffy, which may have been due to clouds blocking the sun again, and this bird also bathed & spread its wings, both of which I photographed.

Additional species

• American Coot Fulica americana