Some Christmas Day gulls from Racine & Kenosha Coutnies in far southeast Wisconsin. The considerable drop in temperature here, and landfills being closed for 3 consecutive days makes for very antsy gulls. A barrage of 27 Icelands was tallied (14 thayeri, 9 kumlieni, 4 thayeri/kumlieni), and my suspicion is that there are at least half this many roaming the area that went unnoticed. I didn't keep a very accurate count of Herrings, but between my 4 stops yesterday, I would put the number at roughly 3,000. No Slaty-backs. No Californias. No Kittiwakes...
Highlights:
6 LBBG. 4 GLGU. 1 GBBG. Glaucous x Herring (adult), Great Black-backed x Herring (adult), and a putative 1st cycle Lesser Black-backed x Herring (future post).
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Kumlien's Gull (1st cycle). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 2.
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Thayer's Gull (1st cycle). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 3. |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull (1st cycle). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 3. |
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Kumlien's & Lesser (1st cycles). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 3. |
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Glaucous Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 3. |
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Glaucous & Herring Gull (3rd cycle). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Kumlien's Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Iceland Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Iceland Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Kumlien's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Kumlien's Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Kumlien's Gull (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Kumlien's, Thayer's (adult & 1st cycle), Herring (adult). Racine County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Iceland Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Thayer's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Thayer's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 2. |
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Thayer's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. |
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Thayer's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 2. |
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Thayer's Gull (adult). Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 25 Dec 2017. Photo 1 of 2. |