Paul

I couldn't see any trace of brown or other signs of immaturity on the bird I saw today. It looked very clean and with a lot of white on the primaries, i.e. an adult or near-adult that had completed its last molt. But my views were brief and birds can look different when soaking wet, as yesterday.  I assumed it was either gull #1 or #2 (or conceivably its another one.....).  Did anyone managed to get a picture of any of this remarkable influx?

Regards

Clive

--- On Tue, 5/13/08, Paul Pisano <> wrote:

> From: Paul Pisano <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Chat a Nats fan?
> To: 
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 10:36 AM
> > 
> I wonder if the bird that
> Clive saw is the same as the one that Gail, Barry &
> Gary saw yesterday.  It sounds like that one had a fair
> amount of brown in the tertials and coverts and minimal
> white in the primaries.  The crisp adult I saw on May 3rd
> didn't have any brown, had a prominent white band
> between the gray and black of the primaries, and a pale
> pink wash to the breast.
> 
> Good birding,
> Paul Pisano
> Arlington, VA