Large sandpiper 7 :45 this a. m. lake lowell far south end lower dam near mud flats wish I could have gotten closer bird flew off after about 10 minutes
Re: Short-billed Gull
Interesting change. In reading the history ‘zee meeuw‘ was the Dutch name for seagull so when it got shortened to mew it mean only ‘gull’.
Re: Short-billed Gull
Wow, Carl, you answered my question before I asked it…lol, your email wasn’t in my main folder so I hadn’t seen it – thanks for sending us the link!! G’night…Jon
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Re: Short-billed Gull
LOL. Classic, Denise. I’ve been trying to find the e-Bird list of all the new changes, so that I can avoid these surprises…
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Re: Short-billed Gull
You saved me a chase. 😊
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
Re: Short-billed Gull
Yes, Short-billed Gull is the new name of what we used to call Mew Gull. This year’s AOS taxonomic changes are summarized here: https://www.aba.org/the-2021-aos-supplement-is-out/.
Carl Lundblad
Corvallis, OR
Re: Short-billed Gull
Maybe. That’s why I can’t find it in a field guide.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
Re: Short-billed Gull
That description is Mew Gull! Did the name change from Mew to Short-billed Gull?
Austin Young
Pocatello
Short-billed Gull
Jethro Runco has posted a Short-billed Gull to eBird.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
eBird — Market Lake WMA–West Shelter Belt (stay on the trail) — Aug 31, 2021
Market Lake WMA–West Shelter Belt (stay on the trail)
Aug 31, 2021
11:35 AM
Traveling
0.46 miles
39 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.6.3 Build 2.6.32
Aug 31, 2021
11:35 AM
Traveling
0.46 miles
39 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.6.3 Build 2.6.32
2 Mourning Dove
7 Sandhill Crane
2 Swainson’s Hawk
2 Great Horned Owl
1 Western Wood-Pewee
10 Tree Swallow
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Brewer’s Sparrow
2 Lincoln’s Sparrow
1 MacGillivray’s Warbler
1 Townsend’s Warbler
4 Wilson’s Warbler
Number of Taxa: 13
Kit Struthers
kit619@centurylink.net
Idaho Falls ID