Re: summary of Gull photos and articles

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:51:47 -0500


J B Churchill wrote:
>  
>Rick Blom, (if you're reading this), do you have any idea what that
>mystery gull is at Conowingo yet ???  Your description of it made me 
>think it was the same bird that I asked you to look at on Sunday (2/14) 
>that I thought might have been a young Thayers.  Again, when you figure 
>it out ...

John,

My feeling is that the first-winter "mystery gull" that I described at 
Conowingo Dam was not a Thayer's Gull. There were just too many 
characters that did not fit. Was it a very pale Herring Gull?; a 
hybrid?; or some other species that I am not familiar with?; I just 
don't know.

Gene

Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com