August 14th, 2008Can You Identify This Bird?
This guy was spotted at Woodland Park here in Kalispell. It appears to be a gull type, but has a somewhat straighter, pointed beak and thinner legs with webbed feet. I thought it might be a tern, but I couldn’t find one that looks like this guy. We’ve never seen this bird before, so we have no idea what it is. It also had a high pitched, short call that was nothing like a seagull. Any ideas?
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August 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
My guess is that it’s a dove.
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August 14th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I’d vote for young seagull.
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August 14th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I’m with Patia, it’s a seagull.
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August 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I think ya’ll are right that it’s a juvenile seagull. I didn’t even think of that since this bird was the same size as a regular seagull. Thanks, guys!
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August 16th, 2008 at 6:19 am
Looks like I’m late to the party again…
Yup, that’s an immature herring gull. That one must be from a late hatch. Here the gulls have pretty much outgrown that stage.
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August 16th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
It looks like a seagull with bad coloring.
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
A seagull with a sore throat?
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August 21st, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Bad hair day?
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