[obol] albertensis race of California Gull

[Jeff Gilligan]

Thanks Phil.  I am not surprised that this form is a regular visitor to
Oregon.   Jeff. 


On 10/10/07 12:48 AM, "Phil Pickering" <philliplc at charter.net> wrote:

> Judging by the image with the Westerns, I see hundreds, if not
> thousands of Cals around this size and adult mantle shade annually,
> with the highest density associated with fall storms, but also
> including some spring adults and some over-summering subadults.
> 
> I don't know if these birds constitute large-end californicus-range
> birds (there appears to be a cline in size) or if they are truly from
> albertaensis breeding range, but in my experience very large Cals with
> mantle shade approaching Herring Gull are not rare at all on the
> immediate coast, particularly in fall.
> 
> Phil
> philliplc at charter.net
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen Schmidt" <oschmidt at att.net>
> To: "OBOL" <obol at lists.orst.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:40 PM
> Subject: [obol] albertensis race of California Gull
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Click on this link for photos of 3 California Gulls we saw at the
>> south jetty of the Coquille River on 8 October 2007, which we believe
>> are the large and pale-mantled albertensis race.  We  request
>> comments and information about other records of this subspecies in
>> Oregon:
>> http://web.mac.com/olschmidt/albertensis/Home.html
>> 
>> oschmidt at att.net
>> Tuesday, October 9, 2007
> 
> _______________________________________________
> obol mailing list
> obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
> http://lists.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/obol
> 
> To unsubscribe, send a message to:
> obol-leave at lists.oregonstate.edu.