Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:05:19 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Frederick County Highlights MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I, too, saw the laughing gull on Lilypons on Sunday. The bill was all dark. One gentleman, I didn't catch his name, peaked through my scope, and said he saw a reddish tip. I couldn't see that, but can attest it was a BLACK bill. Nothing about it indicated it was anything other than a laugher. Kurt Schwarz, HowCo MOS krschwa@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael O'Brien" To: Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Frederick County Highlights > Dave, > > Did you consider Laughing x Ring-billed Gull hybrid? After years of > reflection and studying my sketches, my first Frederick County Laughing Gull > (which was on New Design Road, I think) got axed from my county list. I now > believe it was a hybrid traveling with the migrant Ring-bills. The only > reason I bring this up is because it strikes me that a Laughing x Ring-bill > hybrid my be nearly as likely as an out of season Laughing Gull. Characters > that you might look for on an adult hybrid at this season include a paler > mantle than a Laughing Gull (tough to judge without other Laughing Gulls > around), a partially pale (pinkish or yellowish) bill, a streaked component > to the gray wash on the head, and a little more white in the wings. Food > for thought anyway. > > Best, > Michael O'Brien > West Cape May, NJ > > >The surprise of the day was in a field along Lily Pons Road. Mixed in > >with thousands of Ring-billed Gulls was a Laughing Gull. > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================