31 July 2022

July 2022 Monthly Notables

Sightings:

  • Little Gull (8 adult and 2nd cycle types). Norfolk County, Ontario. 01 July 2022.
  • Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle). Washington County, Maine. 01 July 2022.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Los Angeles County, California. 03 July 2022.
  • Little Gull (3 2nd cycles). Iosco County, Michigan. 06 July 2022.
  • Franklin's Gull (2nd cycle). Monroe County, Michigan. 07 July 2022.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Beaverhead County, Montana. 07 July 2022.
  • Black-legged Kittiwake (adult). Santa Cruz County, California. 07 July 2022.
  • Herring Gull (2nd cycle). Keith County, Nebraska. 09 July 2022.
  • Sabine's Gull (adult type). Dare County, North Carolina. 10 July 2022.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Islet County, Quebec. 10 July 2022. 
  • Glaucous Gull (2nd cycle). Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. 11 July 2022.
  • Laughing Gull (2nd cycle). Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay County, Labrador. 13 July 2022.
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). San Mateo County, California. 15 July 2022.
  • Little Gull (adult). Montreal County, Quebec. 16 July 2022. 
  • Short-billed Gull (adult type). Union County, Oregon. 16 July 2022.
  • Franklin's Gull (adult). Hampden County, Massachusetts. 25 July 2022.
    • Apparent 2nd county record.
  • Little Gull (6 adult and 2nd cycle types). La Haute-Cote-Nord County, Quebec. 28 July 2022.
  • Heermann's Gull (4th cycle). Duval County, Florida. 29 July 2022.
    • Atlantic Coast bird still undergoing 4th prebasic molt. Head pattern transitioned from white in first ten days of July to speckled gray by the end of the month (p1-p4 fully grown, p5-p6 growing, p7 dropped, p8-p10 3rd generation).
  • Slaty-backed Gull (1st cycle). St Paul Island, Alaska. 29 July 2022.
  • Black-headed Gull (2nd cycle). Queens County, New York. 30 July 2022.
    • Continuing from early June 2022.
  • Little Gull (2nd cycle). Monterey County, California. 30 July 2022.
    • Apparently same individual from Santa Cruz, May-June 2022.
  • Little Gull (4 adults; 1 juvenile). Churchill, Manitoba. 30 July 2022.
  • Laughing Gull (juvenile). LaPorte County, Indiana. 31 July 2022.

Notes:

1. On 01 July 2022, Woody Goss found what appeared to be an adult California Gull on an inland rooftop in Chicago, where a small group of Herring & Ring-billed Gulls were actively nesting. Based on the views and photos available, the bird seemed to be a rather typical California Gull (upperparts a shade darker than present Herrings, dark iris, yellow legs and considerable black on the base of p8-p10). On 26 July 2022, Goss spotted an apparent adult hybrid California x Herring 2 miles away on Lake Michigan feeding a pair fledged juveniles at Fullerton Beach. This same adult was subsequently found together with the rooftop bird a couple of days later at Fullerton. This time, better views and photos were secured, and suggest both birds are likely hybrids/backcrosses. Both individuals approach California Gull more so than Herring, although the irides are not entirely dark and the orbital and gape color is a fiery orange, not crimson red.