02 April 2023

March 2023 Monthly Notables

Sightings:

  • Short-billed Gull (1st cycle). San Juan County, New Mexico. 04 March 2023.
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (adult type). Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 05 March 2023.
    • 2nd State Record*. 
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Clark County, Washington. 06 March 2023.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle). St. John's County, Newfoundland. 06 March 2023.
    • Continuing from Feb 2023. 
  • Slaty-backed Gull (2nd cycle). San Mateo County, California. 06 March 2023.
    • No longer a state review species, but age noteworthy.
  • Great Black-backed Gull (1st cycle x 2). Hancock County, Mississippi. 08 March 2023.
    • Review List Species in MS.
  • Vega Gull (adult). San Mateo County, California. 09 March 2023.
    • Different than the returning adult from last month.
  • Common Gull (adult). Lorain County, Ohio. 11 March 2023.
  • Yellow-footed Gull (adult). Monterey County, California. 11 March 2023.
    • 1st County Record. Likely the Santa Cruz Co. bird from Dec 2022.
  • Ross's Gull (1st cycle). Cook County, Illinois. 11 March 2023.
    • 3rd State Record, all from Cook County.
  • Ross's Gull (1st cycle). Lake County, Indiana. 11 March 2023.
    • 2nd State Record. Same individual from Illinois. 
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Kent County, Michigan. 11 March 2023.
  • Little Gull (adult). Marion County, Indiana. 13 March 2023.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Volusia County, Florida. 15 March 2023.
  • Little Gull (adult). Knox County, Tennessee. 15 March 2023.
  • Laughing Gull (1st cycle). Pacific County, Washington. 18 March 2023.
    • 10th State Record.
  • Common Gull (2 adults). Windham County, Connecticut. 19 March 2023.
    • The continuing bird from January joined by a second adult.
  • Kumlien's Gull (adult). Sitka County, Alaska.20 March 2023.
  • Sabine's Gull (6 adults). San Diego County, California. 21 March 2023.
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Chatham County, North Carolina. 21 March 2023.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (200*). Chatham County, North Carolina. 21 March 2023.
  • Little Gull (adult). Shelby County, Tennessee. 21 March 2023.
    • 2nd County Record.
  • Sabine's Gull (adult type). Tom Green County, Texas. 27 March 2023.
  • Heermann's Gull (4th cycle). Virginia Beach, Virginia. 28 March 2023.
    • Presumed Atlantic coast bird, drifting north this month. 
  • California Gull (adult). Talbot County, Maryland. 28 March 2023.
  • Thayer's Gull (adult). Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 29 March 2023.
  • Heermann's Gull (2nd cycle). Baltimore County, Maryland. 30 March 2023.
    • Now in 2nd alternate, appearing much more like a 3rd cycle.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult - 2). Labrador-Happy V-G Bay County, NL. 31 March 2023.
    • 1st March Record for Labrador. 
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (2nd cycle). Bronx County, New York. 31 March 2023.
Notes:
  • Amazingly, only 2 months after the 1st State Record Glaucous-winged Gull was found in Ohio, Anthony Rodgers found another, this time an adult, less than a half mile away from his first find.
  • A mixed flock of 200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Chatham County, North Carolina is noteworthy. Trenton Voytko reported ~85% adults, inland at Jordan Lake SRA.

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