UNUSUAL AND UNIDENTIFIED GULLS - GWGU-like:
Included here are birds that could possibly be explained by a GWGU hybrid of some kind
- April 03, 2007 - Two first-cycle GWGU hybrid-like gulls from Houston area ;
- July 14 , 2006 - A first-cycle gull from Galveston back in October '05- pale, checkered, and nameless...;
- April 29 , 2006 - A second-cycle gull from Houston that also might have been a kumlieni...;
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April 29 , 2006 - A second-cycle gull from Houston that suggests a small-billed female Glaucous-winged Gull (or close-to);
- April 02 , 2006 - A third-cycle white-winged gull from near Galveston - but I can't put a name to it...;
- April 02 , 2006 - A 2nd-cycle Thayer's Gull from Houston;
- Mar 18 , 2006 - A different pale, first cycle Slaty-backed Gull-type from Houston;
- Mar 18 , 2006 - Another pale, first cycle Slaty-backed Gull-type from Houston;
- Feb 24, 2006 - A different first cycle Slaty-backed Gull-type from Houston;
- Feb 02, 2006 - A pale, first cycle Slaty-backed Gull-type from Houston;
- Jan 02, 2006 - A first-cycle gull with all the features of Slaty-backed Gull from Houston;
- Nov 18, 2005 - another first-cycle milky-brown Thayer's-type gull that might fit SBGU rather better: - from Quebec;
- Nov 18, 2005 - a first-cycle milky-brown Thayer's-type gull that fits SBGU rather better:
- Apr 20, 2005
- pics of a first-basic gull that
might be a SBGU - check out that tail.... from Corpus Christi;
- Mar 20, 2005
- I've updated the first-basic
gull with the characteristics of Slaty-backed Gull from Corpus
Christi with comments from the Ujiharas;
- Feb 17, 2005
- a first-basic gull with the
characteristics of Slaty-backed Gull from Corpus Christi;
- Dec 18, 2004
- a first-basic gull showing many
of the characteristics of Slaty-backed Gull from Corpus Christi;
- Apr 14, 2004 - added pics of
another mysterious first-winter "whitish-winged" large gull from Fulton, Texas on April 04.
- Mar 23, 2004 - added pics of
a mysterious first-winter "white-winged" large gull from Corpus Christi on March 20;
- Mar 06, 2004 - more pics of the presumed Olympic Gull;
- Feb 16, 2004 - added a presumed
2nd-winter Olympic Gull from Corpus
Christi - or is it an occidentalis WEGU?;
- Jan 13, 2004 - added an adult-winter GWGU from Fort Worth;
- Nov 30, 2002 - a possible Glaucous-winged
Gull hybrid from Fort Worth; input most needed!
- Nov 23, 2002 - added a possible
Slaty-backed Gull from Fort Worth; input most welcome!
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March 30, 2000: Jin-Young Park has provided a couple
of Slaty-backs and another unusual
"white-winged" gull from Korea.
- I've added some great shots of Japanese gulls (SBGU, GWGU,
GLGU, BTGU, and vegae HEGU) courtesy of Ted Lee Eubanks (check
the relevant sections); here's
an intriguing "white-winged" gull from Texas way back in 1990 - feedback would be most
appreciated.
- More Thayer's and Glaucous, plus GWGUxWEGUs, all from Washington
(thanks to Michael Donahue).
- an Iceland Gull-like oddity from
Tony Leukering - plus another!
- a medley of rare gulls seen February
28, 1999 in Fort Worth.
