Chandeleur Gull (putative Kelp x Herring; adult)
Great Lakes Gull (putative Great Black-backed x Herring; adult)
Slaty-backed Gull (adult)
Great Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (4 - 1 adult, 1 third cycle, 2 first cycle)
Herring Gull (800+)
Glaucous Gull (2 - adult, 1st cycle)
Kumlien's Gull (1 - adult)
Thayer's Gull (6 - 4 adults, 2 second cycle)
California Gull (2nd cycle)
Ring-billed Gull (175)
The putative Kelp x Herring hybrid is no other than "Gull Nasty", the Michigan City bird that has frequented the Indiana/Michigan lakefront for the last several winters.
Chandeleur Gull (Kelp x Herring hybrid). 1st time observed in Illinois. |
Ken Brock tells me the bird went absent in early January, and now we know it's enjoying some time at the landfill some 70 miles to the southwest in Will County, Illinois. I last saw this individual in New Buffalo, Michigan back in early October.
Also of interest is the continuing adult Slaty-backed Gull that seems to not like showing itself on weekends:
Slaty-backed Gull (adult). 1st Will County, Illinois record. |
Most of the pond was iced up with a small stretch of open water near the parking lot, and the Slaty finally came in close enough for these photos:
String-of-pearls on p6-p8. No mirror on p9. |
Chandeleur Gull (far left) & Slaty-backed Gull (far right at rest). |
Some lighter stuff:
2nd Cycle Thayer's. |
Extreme pale-end Herring Gull (2nd cycle). |