Aaron Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Whenever I uploaded my old 'lists' I put this down as a lesser black-backed gull. Decided to upload some of my older photos the other day, and noticed it got flagged as unconfirmed. Looking back now, I'm not sure why I put this a LBBG, when herring is way more likely. I was gonna wait for the ebird reviewer to email me before changing it, but I was doing some research myself and now I'm not sure what the difference is between a herring gull and LBBG during this cycle. I can see that this bird maybe is too long legged and its wingtips too short for a LBBG, but the one ID point that kept coming up over and over again was the greater coverts are more dark on a LBBG. To me, they seem pretty dark on this bird. I guess I'm mostly just wondering what on this bird screams herring gull over LBBG. This was near Halifax in Nova Scotia, at the end of August. I do have more photos, but I only upload the one so must be something form this angle. I have to start learning my Eastern birds before I head back there in a few months, and gulls are unfortunately part of that.. I'm expecting I'll be seeing a lot of 'gull sp.' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Why not Great Black-backed Gull with that huge bill. Looking at my gull guide the LBBG doesn't look like it has as much white bordering on the scapulars as this bird has. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Ha yeah that makes sense. I hate juvi gulls ? Might need to get myself an actual good field guide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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