Mush 7 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Hello, a.) Today when at Ponce Inlet Florida, I saw this gull flyover (see the first 2 pictures). Recently, a first winter heerman's gull has been seen around these parts, and I was wondering if this was him. He was flying with 2 ring billed gulls and was around a similar size, but looked way darker, without any streaking. Here is a picture of someone's past eBird checklist which contains the bird for comparison. https://ebird.org/checklist/S76906583 b.) This duck was mixed with a flock of black scoters moving south (See last 2 photos). I'm pretty sure its a female lesser scaup, but I just wanted to see if I was correct. Sorry for the bad quality photos! Very curious about the gull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Leukering 3,905 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I'd call the gull unidentifiable. The duck has a solid gray wing stripe -- no white, so scaup are out. This is a Redhead. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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