<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Definitely a Short-billed Gull based on the bill size, shape, and color. They can bleach pretty white by summer - and then they're tattered - see the July 14 pic here: <a href="https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/10/12/gull-identification-in-puget-sound/">https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/10/12/gull-identification-in-puget-sound/</a> - but this bird may be leucistic. It's very pretty!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">good birding, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:03 PM Eric Ellingson <<a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com">esellingson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">On the way back from a Sunday outing aboard Seabird from Birch Bay Marina to Alden Bank, a hike around Matia, and then back toward Birch Bay we ran across this gull that really stood out as being 'different'.  Aboard was an out-of-state eBird god (reviewer) Holly, who also recognized it as something unusual.  A small gull, RBGU size but with no gray coloration in its feathers, blotchy pink/red coloration on its legs, a light eye, and a bill with a pale white base and orange/red at the tip.    Your thoughts?  <div><br><div>See the photo here: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2pEcVs3" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2pEcVs3<br></a><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="500" style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35;width:500px"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1%"><div style="width:116px;height:116px;margin-right:10px;border-radius:5px"><img src="https://share1.cloudhq-mkt3.net/a1e3029386f0970f6387df8bc05aba5a2f35b931.png?v=0.5207986654226555" width="116" height="116"></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(9,82,123);font-size:17px;font-weight:bolder">Eric Ellingson</span></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px"></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><a href="tel:360-820-6396" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(49,29,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">360-820-6396</a> <span><br></span><a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(49,29,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">esellingson@gmail.com</a></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:8px;line-height:1.2"><div style="margin-top:3px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(49,29,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/</a> </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font size="4" color="#073763"><span>​</span>Steve Hampton<span>​</span></font></div><div>Port Townsend, WA  (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br><div><font color="#073763"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div>