Seems to be larger than the Bonaparte's Gulls in front, and I'm detecting a hint of red in the bill...seems like a Black-headed to me, assuming those characters aren't photographic artifacts (which would be awfully coincidental). Nice find. Blake Mathys --------------------------------- http://blakemathys.com/ --------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 18:15:29 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [Ohio-birds] BLACK HEADED GULL (?) > To: [log in to unmask] > > I saw black headed gull a week ago at the cleveland lakefront nature > reserve. Im pretty sure it is Black headed gull, and most birders that saw > the picture > agreed with me, but 1 birder said the picture is not good enough to > determined. > what do you think ? > http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=474780&d=1385950741 > also watched during last weekend:saw whet owl, red ringed pheasant, 3 > bufleheads. > lakefront airport- 2 snowy owls and rough legged hawk. > marina by lakefront nature reserve (i dont remember the name of the place, > 55 something..)-great black backed gull > and more...... > Omer > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]