Date: 12/6/24 5:28 pm From: Paul Roisen via groups.io <roisenp1950...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Short-billed Gull, Gosper county
Tobin,
Nice catch. I have not seen a "Mew Gull" now, the Short-billed Gull.
What a great bird to find on your own. Great photos!!!
Congratulations.
*Paul O. Roisen*
*Woodbury County, IA*
*Mobile 712-301-2817*
On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 7:06 PM Tobin Brown via groups.io <tobinjbrown=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> This morning on my way to North Platte to see the Barrow's Goldeneye, I
> stopped at Johnson lake in Gosper county.
>
> Among the hundreds on gulls sitting in the beach, I came across an
> individual who looked a bit smaller, with a petite bull. It turned out to
> be a short-billed Gull! I quickly snapped a few pictures as my fingers were
> going numb in the morning cold, and got back to my car.
>
> The bird was on the "beach" created by the low water levels on the
> southeast shore.
>
> Pics can be found on my ebird checklist:
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S204607038 >
> Tobin Brown
> Lancaster County
>
>
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