01 March 2019

Monthly Notables February 2019

Sightings:
  • Black-tailed Gull (adult type). Volusia County, Florida. 01 February 2019.
    • FIRST STATE RECORD.
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (1st cycle). Pueblo County, Colorado. 01 February 2019.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Lake County, Illinois. 04 February 2019.
  • California Gull (adult). Marshall County, Kentucky. 08 February 2019.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Elkhart County, Indiana. 08 February 2019.
  • Thayer's Gull (1st cycle). St. John's County, Newfoundland & Labrador. 09 February 2019.
  • Thayer's Gull (adult). Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. 09 February 2019.
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (1st cycle). Arapahoe County, Colorado. 09 February 2019.
  • Little Gull (adult). Clark County, Ohio. 10 February 2019.
  • Bonaparte's Gull (1st cycle). Valdez-Cordova County, Alaska. 12 February 2019.
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Riverside County, California. 17 February 2019.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Stanislaus County, California. 18 February 2019.
    • 1st County Record.
  • Western Gull (1st cycle). Dallas County, Texas. 21 February 2019.
    • 6th State Record. 1st County Record.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Shasta County, California. 22 February 2019.
  • California Gull (1st cycle). Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska. 22 February 2019.
  • Thayer's Gull (3rd cycle). Nantucket County, Massachusetts. 23 February 2019.
  • Little Gull (adult). Clinton County, Illinois. 24 February 2019.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (2nd cycle). San Joaquin County, California. 24 February 2019.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle type). Skagway-Hoonah-Angon County, AK. 24 February 2019.
  • European Herring Gull (adult). Volusia County, Florida. 26 February 2019.
  • Laughing Gull (adult). Licking County, Ohio. 27 February 2019.

Miscellaneous Notes:
  1. In proper form, Michael Brothers started off the month by finding a 1st state record Black-tailed Gull in Daytona Beach Shores. This one-day wonder fills a void for the species in the entire southeast region.
  2.  An apparent new North American high count of 817 Lesser Black-backed Gulls was recorded by Devich Farbotnik on 24 February 2019 at Lake Nockamixon. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Incidentally, two individuals were wearing satellite transmitters, believed to be those installed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission in March of 2018.
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