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Saturday the 29th was the last day of my New York State Big Year seeing as Sunday saw me on a plane bound for sunny southern California. Because we were flying out of LaGuardia Airport Daisy and I were in Queens, the perfect base of operations for finding the vagrant and reliable Townsend’s Solitaire that [...]

1st summer Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan
Devon, UK. 26 April 2006
 
“Hey buddy, d’you know which way North America’s at?”
 
Following hard on the heels of my trip to South Wales with Jo yesterday, I was obviously still in the mood to “go wild” and decided to go and see a 1st summer Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan [...]

2nd year (apparent) Kumlien’s Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni
Hidden Lake Park, Milpitas, California: 07 March 2005
 
This second year gull was found by Al Jaramillo on Feb 22 2005. Photos and a discussion are on Al’s site at http://www.birdsofchile.com/iceland.

For more photos (taken on 24th Feb) and further discussion on this bird have a look also at Les [...]

Hidden Lake Park, Milpitas, California: 07 March 2005
 

1st winter Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull (with 1st w Glaucous-winged Gull behind), 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull (with 1st w Glaucous-winged Gull behind), 07 March 2005

1st summer Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

2nd summer (?) Thayer’s Gull, 07 [...]