[obol] gull-like bird near Glide question

[Alan Contreras]

I'll reply here because I can't get through your spam filter.

I think a gull is perfectly plausible on the upper Umpqua, but a Ring-bill
is more likely than a Mew.

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Alan Contreras
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> From: Jeffrey Pugh <jefflin1 at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: <jefflin1 at earthlink.net>
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:05:27 -0800
> To: <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
> Subject: [obol]  gull-like bird near Glide question
> 
> 
> 
> I was in my kitchen watching someone in a sled boat cutting cookies (wondering
> if I might be calling 911 if they swamped) when they scared a very white bird
> my way.  At first, I thought tern??   Then Kite??   I grabbed my binoculars to
> see what it was, but I'm really questioning what I saw.  Very white, tail not
> pointed, but fanned, not a tern-like bill and no black on the head.  Very
> light, silvery-gray top of wings, but again, no black on the wings.  Is it
> possible I might have seen a small gull?  Perhaps a mew gull?  I'd say it was
> about mew gull size.  This was less than a mile below the Colliding rivers
> boat ramp.  I'm really curious as to what it might be.
> Thank you for any input.
> 
> Linda Smith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> jefflin1 at earthlink.net
> Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
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