Hi Sean

What exactly about this bird is not consistent with Kumlein's Iceland Gull?Looks fairly typical of the expected form of Iceland Gull for this part of the globe. 

Nice photos!!

Cheers

Stephen

On Jan 11, 2010, at 19:47, Sean McCandless <> wrote:

Hi all. Does anyone want to take a wack at this. I photographed this one last Friday around lunch time flying over head at the North East Town Park.
http://www.smbirdphotos.com/index.cgi?do=view_photos&subcatID=186
This bird gave me the impression that it was a white-winged Gull because it was so light, however as you can see, if it is an Iceland Gull, it is the most detailed and marked up Iceland Gull I have ever seen.  It had a solid black bill and seemed like it was aprox the size of an Iceland, but that is hard to accurately tell due to the bird was in flight and I am looking at it thru a camera view finder.
I added a typical 1st cycle Iceland Gull over head photo for comparison, photographed the same day.

There was a huge flight that day. I had at least 2000-2500 birds between 10:30 and 12:00.
3 Iceland Gulls, and 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls included.

Sean McCandless
Cecil  Bird Club Field Trip Coordinator
Elkton, MD