Date: 1/16/26 5:40 pm From: L Markoff via groups.io <canyoneagle...> Subject: [centralvalleybirds] Thank you Chris Conard for posting about YF Gull!
Hello Chris, and all CVBirders!
Chris, I wanted to thank you for posting about the Yellow-footed Gull on
this list! If you hadn't, I probably would have missed it. I am subscribed
to Calbirds, the CA ebird RBA, and a sea of other ebird RBAs. Sometimes I
don't have time to scan them all, therefore, I often miss some notices of
special birds.
Yellow-footed Gull was a Quest Bird of mine for a number of years, but I
hadn't had the opportunity to get down to the Salton Sea to try for it yet.
You saved me a long trip, because this morning I got it at the San Luis
Creek CG, yay! Here's my checklist, if anyone is interested:
In case they are on this list, I also want to say thank you to Dale Swanberg
for sharing his special gull with us, and to John Fulton for giving me tips
for finding and identifying the bird. It was nice to meet you, John!
I really appreciate this list, CV Birds to the rescue!
