Date: 12/12/24 3:56 pm From: <etchisond...> via groups.io <detchison22...> Subject: [OrangeCountyBirding] False alarm - Not a Short-billed Gull at Doheny
It was just a juvenile Ring-billed Gull with an unusually dark small (to my
eye) bill. Thought it was a 1st winter Short-bill, but belly is too white
and mottling on upper parts is too crisp.
