[Birdnet] Mew, LBB, and GW Gulls at Lee Kay

[Tim Avery]

This afternoon Steve and Cindy Sommerfeld and I birded Lee Kay Ponds, 7200 West, and the frontage road along Lee's Creek in western Salt Lake County.  At Lee Kay we were joined Jeff and Susan Saffle to scan through the gulls.  The flock probably numbered around 2200 birds this afternoon and numbers and highlights are as follows:

1 or 2 MEW GULL (1 for sure 1st winter bird.  A 2nd was seen later that may have been the same bird)
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (1st winter bird which may have an injured foot now, and one 3rd winter/adult bird - hard to judge the age on this one)
1 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (same 2nd winter bird as the last 2 weeks)
11 THAYER'S GULLS (ALL 1st winter birds ranging from light pink white to dark individuals-- several very close to Kumlieni)
100 Herring Gull
500 Ring-billed Gull
1500 California Gull

After Lee Kay we headed to the frontage road along I-80 that heads to Saltair.  In the vicinity of Lee's Creek we observed a NORTHERN SHRIKE.

Good Birding

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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