1st Round

2nd Round

2/15/2009
Cliff Weisse -- Accept

Written details are lacking but the photos are very helpful.  Despite the observers concerns I feel the photos are of a Glaucous-winged Gull.  Short primary projection, bulky body, overall color and pattern, large heavy black bill, domed head and centrally located eye on head, primaries with pale edging are all consistent with GWGU.

4/9/09
Cliff Weisse--Accept

Same Comments

02-19-2009.
Darren Clark--Accept

Photographs show a typical first winter Glaucous-winged Gull

4/28/2009
Darren Clark--Accept

See comments from first round.

02-20-2009.
chuck trost--Accept

I was convinced by the argument and photos that it wasn't a hybrid.

04-13-2009
chuck trost--Accept

I'm still convinced that jay got it right.

02-21-2009.
Sturts --Reject, specific identification not established

On this first round, I'm voting not to accept because I think some discussion is needed. Jay says he is not 100% sure. Some of the photos look more like the Glacous-winged x Western but others look like pure Glaucous-winged.

Sturt04-13-2009
Sturts --Accept

After reading reading the first round comments and studying the pictures again, I am convinced that this is a pure Glacous-winged Gull and not a hybrid.

21 February 2009.
Hardy--Accept

Photos show structure well - the heavy bill and long sloping forehead. Plumage doesn't suggest any hybridization. Though reporter noted that the overall color at first seemed darker than it should be, the photos look compatible with illustrations of pure GWGU in various field guides.

11 April 2009
Hardy--Accept

Same comments as first round.

02-22-2009.
Dave Trochlell--Accept

To me, this bird's plumage looks pretty good for a pure GWGU, though its bill appears to be somewhat reddish at the base, like that of a 1st-cycle Herring Gull. I don't know whether or not this characteristic is acceptable for a 1st-cycle GWGU.

04-09-2009
Dave Trochlell--Accept

I'm still convinced this is a first-cycle GWGU, without any obvious indications of hybridization.

03-02-2009.
Doug Ward--Accept

Good description accompanying what I believe to be a set of diagnostic photos.

04-09-2009
Doug Ward--Accept

In looking again, still convinced the identification was correct – actually a fairly classic example of a 1st year Glaucous-winged (Larus glaucescens).