Aidan B

I have way too many good Ring-billed Gull photos to choose my best!!! I think I'll go with this one for the time being though. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/338377151

Looks good for Ring-billed

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Looks like a California Gull IMO

Fairly slow visit focused on looking for Chipping Sparrows and recording Yellow-billed Magpies. Red-breasted Sapsucker was the best bird this afternoon. https://ebird.org/checklist/S127482269

This is a Common, that bill is way too heavy for Red-throated.

Went out for a couple of hours this afternoon and got Brewer's Blackbird, Western Bluebird, and Yellow-billed Magpie for this thread. 345. Brewer's Blackbird - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/530923561 346. Western Bluebird - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/530918911 347. Yellow-billed Magpie - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/530918711

Top bird looks decent for Greater IMO, though I'm not 100% certain. The bottom left bird is a Lesser (Look at the nail), right bird is unidentifiable.

"Slow" day at Lake Camanche, at least compared to normal. Still can't complain though, I had some really nice birds! Fourteen Red-breasted Mergansers on a central valley lake is quite unexpected, to say the least! https://ebird.org/checklist/S127141608

Still nothing compared to @Avery, But I have now recorded 100 species!

I don't see an immature posted yet!

I got to 168 today with a last minute Canyon Wren.

Common Murre California Gull Western Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Short-tailed Shearwater Northern Fulmar Pomarine Jaeger Pink-footed Shearwater Red Phalarope

Black-footed Albatross https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/528845751

Yeah, If I was to do a pelagic down in SoCal, it would definitely be one of these, given how long of a drive it is from my home to reach any of the pelagics down there. I've been eyeing that trip on August 26th for some time now, but I don't really think I can make it work this year.