30 September 2020

Monthly Notables September 2020

 Sightings:

  • Slaty-backed Gull (3rd cycle type). Sitka County, Alaska. 02 September 2020.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (2nd cycle). Huron County, Ontario. 02 September 2020.
  • Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle). Glynn County, Georgia. 04 September 2020.
    • Continuing from June 2020.
  • Franklin's Gull (2nd cycle). Prince County, Prince Edward Island. 04 September 2020.
    • Continuing from July 2020. 
  • Black-headed Gull (adult). Lane County, Oregon. 06 September 2020.
  • Little Gull (2 - 1st cycles). Cook County, Illinois. 07 September 2020.
  • Little Gull (1st cycle). Inyo County, California. 09 September 2020.
    • 2nd County Record. 
  • Little Gull (1st cycle). Jefferson County, Colorado. 11 September 2020.
  • Sabine's Gull (juvenile). Pictou County, Nova Scotia. 15 September 2020.
  • Sabine's Gull (7 - juveniles). Bay County, Michigan. 16 September 2020.
  • Black-headed Gull (1st cycle). Norfolk County, Ontario. 16 September 2020.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Mendocino County, California. 16 September 2020. 
  • Franklin's Gull (1st cycle). Juneau County, Alaska. 16 September 2020.
  • Little Gull (adult). Johnson County, Iowa. 19 September 2020.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Mississauga, Ontario. 21 September 2020.
    • 1st September Record locally, and for the entire Great Lakes region.
  • Laughing Gull (2nd cycle). Maricopa County, Arizona. 20 September 2020.
  • Great Black-backed Gull (adult type). Keith County, Nebraska. 20 September 2020.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Pierce County, Washington. 24 September 2020.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult). San Miguel County, Colorado. 24 September 2020.
    • 1st County Record.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult). Yavapai County, Arizona. 24 September 2020.
    • 1st County Record.
  • Laughing Gull (adult). Douglas County, Wisconsin. 26 September 2020.
  • Red-legged Kittiwake (2nd cycle type). Nanaimo District, British Columbia. 27 September 2020.
Notes:
1. There was an above average presence of Little Gulls throughout the lower 48 this month, many in mostly fresh juvenile plumage. 

2. Lesser Black-backed numbers were likely the highest they've ever been in September throughout the interior, especially in the far southwest United States.

3. A 2nd cycle type Red-legged Kittiwake was observed for less than an hour in Deep Bay (Vancouver Island). This appears to be the 2nd occurrence of this species in BC.

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