01 February 2018

Monthly Notables January 2018

Sightings:

  • Mew Gull (1st cycle). Franklin County, Ohio. 02 January 2018.
    • Continued from previous month.
  • Ivory Gull (adult). Lake County, Illinois. 03 January 2018.
    • 4th State Record.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Mohave County, Arizona. 03 January 2018.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Cook County, Illinois. 04 January 2018.
    • 3rd County Record.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Los Angeles County, California. 06 January 2018.
  • Ring-billed Gull (adult). Northern Peninsula - St. Anthony County, NL. 08 January 2018.
  • Vega Gull (adult). Humboldt County, California. 12 January 2018.
  • Laughing Gull (1st cycle). Mohave County, Arizona. 14 January 2018.
  • Mew Gull (adult). Keith County, Nebraska.15 January 2018.
  • Kamchatka Gull (adult). Nantucket, Massachusetts. 15 January 2018.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Oswego County, New York. 16 January 2018.
    • 2nd County Reocrd
  • Mew Gull (adult). Kings County, New York. 16 January 2018.
    • Likely a returning bird, first detected here as a 2nd cycle in 2015.
  • Laughing Gull (adult). San Mateo County, California. 16 January 2018.
  • Common Gull (adult). Oswego County, New York. 18 January 2018.
  • Common Gull (adult). Essex County, Massachusetts. 20 January 2018.
    • Returning adult from last winter. Silver leg band on right leg not matching last winter's banded adult. 
  • Vega Gull (adult). Cameron County, Texas. 20 January 2018.
    • Returning for at least the last 4 consecutive winters.
  • Kelp Gull (adult). Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. 21 January 2018.
    • First for Nova Scotia. 3rd for all of Canada.
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Brevard County, Florida. 25 January 2018.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. 29 January 2018.

Miscellaneous:

Worthy of mention is an adult Western Gull found in Estero Las Aguas, Choluteca, Honduras on 04 January 2018. Not only is this a 1st for Honduras, it's also an overdue first record for all of Central America.