RobinHood Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Southern Georgian Bay this pm. The modest number of Great Black-backed Gulls is a high count for my local site (sudden low temps probably brought them in). I also see my infamous Glaucous located centre slightly right. Other than Herrings is there anything else of interest. I am losing all faith in my very limited gull ID skills (only for those losing the enthusiasm to go out birding in the cold weather). Thanks, as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I think you got everything in the photo, at least from this distance/angle. I can't say for certain that some of those more obscured birds aren't something else, but looks like mixed HERGs, adult GBBGs and an adult GLGU. I've heard nearby Lake Simcoe also had a recent huge influx of GBBGs, cooling weather likely is something to do with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Thanks Ethan, very much appreciated (I suspected the low temps were a factor - they were around a few weeks ago and then mostly disappeared). PS. If you are up this way, either with or without DT, I would be happy to tag along. Regards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 What's in the foreground, the black and white waterfowl in the open water? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: What's in the foreground, the black and white waterfowl in the open water? Male Common Goldeneye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Nothing in the pic elicits even a slightly raised heartbeat, except for the nicely hidden-in-the-open Glaucous, of course. I haven't seen an adult Glaucous in way too long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Tony Leukering said: Nothing in the pic elicits even a slightly raised heartbeat, except for the nicely hidden-in-the-open Glaucous, of course. I haven't seen an adult Glaucous in way too long. Wow good catch. I completely missed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, akiley said: Nothing in the pic elicits even a slightly raised heartbeat Ouch, that hurts (only joking) and a response to Tony - two really nice looking adults (@akiley, I did reference the Glaucous in my original post), and yes I agree they are quite large, appeared around 7.00am this morning ahead of the impending ice storm here in Ontario, and they did actually raise my heartbeat - really gloomy morning but they were a very nice sight). For background I have been trying to get photos locally of an Iceland (hence my misplaced enthusiasm), a Lesser Black-backed and also some local Screech Owls (tried at 6.00am last week in the dark but no luck - this YT video has spurred me on to try harder. Please excuse the digression (I've been looking for an excuse to sneak this one in), but for me this is what birding is all about. I try to stick strictly to ID topics on this forum but now and again wander off course. Apologies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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