01 September 2018

Monthly Notables August 2018

Sightings:

  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). San Luis Obispo County, California. 03 August 2018.
  • Franklin's Gull (1st summer type). Fairfax County, Virginia. 04 August 2018.
  • Laughing Gull (adult). Lunenberg County, Nova Scotia. 04 August 2018.
  • Laughing Gull (juvenile). Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 04 August 2018.
  • Sabine's Gull (adult type). Sarasota County, Florida. 11 August 2018.
    • The observer has had 3 Sabine's at this site in 14 months. 
  • Great Black-backed Gull (adult). Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 13 August 2018.
    • Possibly the same individual seen here last August.
  • Mew Gull (2nd cycle). Arapahoe County, Colorado. 13 August 2018.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult). Mendocino County, California. 14 August 2018.
    • Apparently the 3rd LBBG seen in California this summer. 
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (juvenile). Hamilton County, Ontario. 20 August 2018.
  • Common Gull (adult). St. John's County, Newfoundland & Labrador. 24 August 2018.
  • Herring Gull (3rd cycle type). San Francisco County, California. 25 August 2018.

Miscellaneous Notes:
  • On 01 August 2018, Jean-Guy Beaulieu found and photographed a banded 1st summer Black-legged Kittiwake in Les Escoumins, Quebec. After doing a little investigating, I received a reply from a French biologist who claimed the bird - apparently the first banded French kittiwake to be found on mainland America. More here.