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Piney Run Lesser Black-backed Gull

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Stephen Horvath

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Stephen Horvath

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Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:41:00 -0500

I dragged my mom around Howard, Caroll and Baltimore counties looking for the recently reported Lesser black-backed Gulls. and Great Cormorant. I struck out on the Great Cormorant and the Howard County Lesser Black-backed Gull. However at Piney Run I found a dark gull that fit the size of a Lesser-black Backed. However I did not rule out Herring Gull. (Gulls aren't my strong point.) The field guides don't give much detail at identifying the Lesser black-backed Gull. Can anybody give me some pointers as to how to identify a first year Lesser Black-backed Gull?