[Tweeters] Gull identification in Puget Sound

[Mark M. Walton]

Wow!  You did an incredible job putting that together.  It’s exactly what I desperately need to improve my own skills.  I confess that there are at least three Olympics in your photos that I would have mis-identified as glaucous winged. The question of where to draw the line between “Olympic with relatively little western influence” and a glaucous winged gull -- or “Olympic with a lot of western influence” versus “western gull” is daunting enough for me at this point that, when I go seawatching, I tend to dump the majority into “glaucous winged/western” just to make sure I don’t screw it up.  😃

Fantastic job, Steve!  Thank you so much for doing this.

Mark Walton

From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Steve Hampton
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:04 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] Gull identification in Puget Sound

I've just finished the post I've been thinking about for several years. Whether you want to nerd out on gull molt or argue over Olympic vs Glaucous-winged Gull criteria, this is your one-stop shop -- my primer on gull identification in Puget Sound (from the perspective of Port Townsend). Enjoy!

https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/10/12/gull-identification-in-puget-sound/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/10/12/gull-identification-in-puget-sound/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iJgbv--5kLdfSsL-U_NwsoR_JlZRlAqCaFa69RDYYgW0Uysj-HozeDHuR_hKNwn04B357KuzV3vv6Zkhhed2901J8Azl$>



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Steve Hampton
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)


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