Re: [Maine-birds] Common(Common/Kamchatka) Gull, Eastport, 2/17

The Common Gull is still present this morning (18 Feb, as of 9AM) at the same location.

Good birding,

Doug Hichcox

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> On Feb 18, 2022, at 6:44 AM, 'Derek Lovitch' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Yesterday, Allison Anholt and Cameron Cox found a COMMON GULL in Eastport. It was along Old Toll Bridge Road, just past the neck, feeding in an open lawn with Ring-billed Gulls. It could also potentially be found anywhere in Half Moon Cove or Carrying Place Cove.
>
> Photos are still being reviewed and opinions sought, but this is definitely not a Short-billed Gull (as were the relatively recent birds in Thomaston and Owl's Head). Certain features of the outer primaries are suggesting "Kamchatka" Gull, the northeast Asian subspecies of Common Gull (recently split from Mew Gull which was inexplicably renamed Short-billed Gull). Therefore this would be the first Old World individual of this complex to be found in Maine since 2008(ish).
>
> -Derek
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> Sent from my iPhone
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