I observed and tried to get decent photo of this bird with no success myself Saturday 9-29-18 on the Pleasant Hill Lake beachSaturday morning. All field marks indicative of a 3rd cycle non-breeding California gull except the red spot on the billappeared to be bright yellow on this bird.I also have very limited experience with this species.
Gary Cowell
On Thursday, September 27, 2018 01:52:57 PM EDT, Brian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Janice Farral had a California Gull earlier this month on September 13th at
Lakeview Park in Lorain County. It was positively identified in the North
American Gulls Facebook group. See photos here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48659204
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 1:47 PM Archivist- JPH <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> This morning I found a gull at the Pleasant Hill Lake (Richland) swimming
> beach which may be a California gull. As of 2001, the Ohio early fall
> record is October 30, but sometimes gulls do crazy things. This gull was
> larger than the nearby adult ring-billed gulls, had a mantle that was
> noticeably darker than that of the nearby ad. ring-billed's, had
> gray-greenish legs, and a brownish (dirty) hind neck. The back color was
> not as dark as that of an adult lesser black-backed gull's. I saw this gull
> from ~ 150 feet in cloudy, but good lighting conditions.
> Ideally, someone relatively close needs to see this thing, before birders
> drive multiple hours to see it. I feel confident about the i.d. but you
> might wait until others confirm the i.d. I have limited experience with
> California gull but have seen an adult in winter plumage.
> There is a possibility that this gull might be a hybrid between a LBBG and
> something else.
> Good birding,
> John Herman
>
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