27 December 2024

December 2024 Monthly Notables

Sightings:

  • California Gull (2nd cycle). Butler County, Pennsylvania. 01 December 2024.
  • Great Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle). Lewis & Clark County, Montana. 09 December 2024.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Kawartha County, Ontario. 13 December 2024.
  • Swallow-tailed Gull (adult). Sonoma County, California. 13 December 2024.
    • Interestingly, this is the same site as the one found here in October 2017, suggesting a returning individual.
  • Vega Gull (adult). San Francisco County, California. 13 December 2024.
    • p9 fully grown, p10 ~80% grown. 
  • Vega Gull (adult). Elkhart County, Indiana. 19 December 2024.
    • Putative. p1-p7 fully grown, p8 ~60% grown, p9-p10 retained. 
  • Franklin's Gull (1st cycle). Marion County, Florida. 20 December 2024.
    • 1st County Record.
  • Glaucous-winged Gull (adult). Bernalillo County, New Mexico. 21 December 2024.
  • Slaty-backed Gull (adult). Muskegon County, Michigan. 23 December 2024.
  • Vega Gull (adult). San Mateo County, California. 23 December 2024.
    • Returning winter bird (Maybelline) since at least 2021.
  • Kelp Gull (1st cycle). Nueces County, Texas. 26 December 2024.
    • 1st County Record. 7th State Record. Fairly moderate 1st prealternate molt, similar to birds of Peruvian origin.



Notes:
  1. The Sonoma County, California Taimyr Gull has returned to Petaluma, reported by Noah Arthur on 07 December 2024. This bird has presumably returned for at least 8 consecutive years.