Date: 12/7/24 3:33 pm From: Robin Harding via groups.io <pine2siskin4...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Short-billed Gull, Gosper county
Nebraska birders,
Great find! I'm not very good with gulls but I might be able to ID that
one. I hope to go tomorrow. By the way, in the photos, what is that all
white gull behind and to the left of the Short-billed Gull?
Robin Harding
Shelton, NE
On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 7:28 PM Paul Roisen via groups.io <roisenp1950=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> 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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