Re: Gulls, gulls and more gulls

Tom Loomis (escs@erols.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 20:35:26 -0500


Makes sense to me.  Suspect that is not uncommon in closely related
species.

Tom Loomis



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> From: Fran Saunders <saunderf@ARI.Net>
> To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
> Subject: Gulls, gulls and more gulls
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 2:49 PM
> 
> 
> Rick Blom wrote:
> 
> >         In a year or two, when the committee has voted on this
> >         record, and  published the results, there will be another
opinion to add to
> > 	the debate. It may even be a better opinion, although that it
> > 	not always the case.
> > 
> All right then, after some thought I have another 
> opinion....Since some of us were so certain of some of the 
> field marks and since there seems to be a confusion of field
> marks, could the bird be a hybrid?
> 
> Fran
> 
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