Has anybody heard of a study of Ring-billed Gulls that involves coloring or dyeing the birds?  Here is what I read on another site:


"I observed apurple Ring-Billed Gull below the Alum Creek Dam (southern Delaware County) 
this morning.  It looked like it had been dipped in grape juice and I 
would say that 90 to 95 percent of the gull was purple"

Since it's not April 1, I wondered if anyone else had seen similar gulls or knew of a research study that would explain this sighting.  The other option, I suppose, would be a bird that got into something that colored its feathers.

Kathi Hutton


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