With variation in mind, do GLWG x HEGU bills ever get that large?
Possible juvenile Western Gull at Jack’s Creek (CJ Strike Reservoir)
Any thoughts on the gull species from this checklist? https://ebird.org/checklist/S97454489
Jason Talbot
Re: Dark goose
Seems like if it was oil, the rear white area would be darkly stained as well. Perhaps a melanistic goose? Or maybe some weird hybrid?
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Louisa Evers
Deer flat refuge
Red letter day .went to upper dam to see get better photo red neck grebe saw & got good photo on to lower dam 2 trumpeter swans north of boat ramp continued along dam 2 red breasted mergansers 6 gadwalls 4 ruddies & plenty of grebes w.c.h.e.
Re: Dark goose
With how the feathers look, could be oil?
Dark goose
Attached are 2 photos of a rather dark Canada(?) Goose. The bird has been hanging around Esther Simplot Park for some time now, and it is very tolerant of humans, which is why I was able to get these photos with my phone. The bird is basically
shunned by all the Canada Geese in the park, even though it has the chin strap of a Canada. The front is not just dark but also somewhat streaked and the lower parts of the bird are much darker than a regular Canada.
Any thoughts?
Tom McCabe, Boise
Lake lowell
Sure glad went back to upper dam after photo of comm tern found red neck grebe right away where birders from twin said it was seen
Re: Tern
Looks like the young Common Tern Heidi & I saw there on Sunday.
Jay
Tern
Lower dam lake Lowell on steps
Re: Whimbrels
Wonderful. Thanks for sharing!
John Shortis