01 June 2022

May 2022 Monthly Notables

Sightings:

  • Heermann's Gull (1st cycle). Baltimore County, Maryland. 05 May 2022.
    • Continuing from April 2022.
  • Yellow-footed Gull (1st cycle). Clark County, Nevada. 05 May 2022.
    • Continuing from April 2022.
  • Thayer's Gull (1st cycle). Bernalillo County, New Mexico. 05 May 2022.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (1st cycle). Missoula County, Montana. 05 May 2022.
  • Laughing Gull (2nd cycle). Bent County, Colorado. 06 May 2022.
  • Ivory Gull (21 adults). Nome County, Alaska. 08 May 2022.
  • Black-headed Gull (1st cycle). Carteret County, North Carolina. 08 May 2022.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Sitka County, Alaska. 10 May 2022.
  • Laughing Gull (2nd cycle). Cochise County, Arizona. 11 May 2022.
  • Short-billed Gull (adult). Fort McMurray County, Alberta. 11 May 2022.
  • Sabine's Gull (adult type). Dare County, North Carolina. 13 May 2022.
  • Little Gull (1st cycle). Marin County, California. 14 May 2022.
  • Little Gull (1st cycle). Deschutes County, Oregon. 17 May 2022. 
  • Thayer's Gull (1st cycle). Fremont County, Wyoming. 17 May 2022.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Pinellas County, Florida. 18 May 2022.
    • First detected in April, captured, rehabbed and released.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle). Los Angeles County, California. 19 May 2022.
    • Likely the Monterey County bird from late April 2022.
  • Ross's Gull (adult). Del Norte County, California. 20 May 2022.
    • 4th State Record, pending acceptance. 
  • Heermann's Gull (3rd cycle). Dare County, North Carolina. 20 May 2022.
  • California Gull (3rd cycle). Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. 21 May 2022.
  • Little Gull (1st cycle). Santa Cruz County, California. 22 May 2022.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Androscoggin County, Maine. 23 May 2022.
  • Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle). Chatham County, Georgia. 24 May 2022.
  • Thayer's Gull (adult). Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. 27 May 2022.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Racine County, Wisconsin. 28 May 2022.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Fort McMurray County, Alberta. 29 May 2022.
    • 1st County Record.
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