01 December 2018

Monthly Notables November 2018

Sightings

  • California Gull (adult). Cameron Parish County, Louisiana. 01 November 2018.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle type). Curry County, Oregon. 02 November 2018.
    • 1st County Record. Retained p9-p10.
  • California Gull (1st cycle). Jacksonville, Florida. 07 November 2018.
  • Laughing Gull (1st cycle). Lake County, Indiana. 07 November 2018.
  • Little Gull (adult). Capital District, British Columbia. 07 November 2018.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Santa Clara County, California. 10 November 2018.
  • Great Black-backed Gull (adult). Pueblo County, Colorado. 10 November 2018.
    • Believed to be the same individual returning for the 25th year!
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd cycle). San Francisco County, California. 12 November 2018.
    • 1st Farallon Island record. Missing left foot. Likely the same individual seen in San Mateo County in April 2018 (then a 2nd cycle). 
  • California Gull (adult). LaPorte County, Indiana. 12 November 2018.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Benton County, Washington. 16 November 2018.
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (1st cycle). Larimer County, Colorado. 16 November 2018.
  • Mew Gull (adult). Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. 17 November 2018.
  • Sabine's Gull (2nd cycle). Sarasota County, Florida. 18 November 2018.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). San Francisco County, California. 19 November 2018.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Wilson County, Tennessee. 21 November 2018.
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Georgetown County, South Carolina. 22 November 2018.
  • Common Gull (adult). Essex County, Massachusetts. 24 November 2018.
    • Returning for the third consecutive winter, this individual has a silver band on the right leg, originating from Iceland. No p8 mirror and a broken p5 band. 
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Nipissing County, Ontario. 24 November 2018.
  • Sabine's Gull (1st cycle). Sarasota County, Florida. 24 November 2018.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Perry & Faulkner County, Arkansas. 25 November 2018.
  • European Herring Gull (1st cycle). St. John's County, Newfoundland. 25 November 2018.
  • Glaucolus Gull (1st cycle). Madison County, Mississippi. 26 November 2018.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult). San Diego County, California. 28 November 2018.
    • Retained p8-p10.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (1st cycle). Clark County, Nevada. 29 November 2018.


Miscellaneous Notes

  1. An estimated 170 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were reported at the Findlay Reservoir in Hancock County, Ohio on 11 November 2018. This count would certainly be a new high record for the Great Lakes region. Observer Jeff Loughman. 
  2. On 15 November 2018, the Seaside City Council in central California approved a permit to have a floating Heermann's Gull nesting island put in place at Roberts Lake. 
  3. Six California Gulls were observed at a water treatment plant in Culberson County, Texas on 24 November 2018. To my knowledge this is a single site high count. Observers Martin Reid, Sheridan Coffey, Willie Sekula.
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