[Birdtalk] Thayer's Gulls at Lee Kay Ponds

[Tim Avery]

This afternoon I spent an hour at Lee Kay Ponds going through the gulls.  I was unable to locate the Glaucous, Glaucous-winged or the two strange gulls from Saturday, but there were 3 first winter THAYER'S GULLS present, including one very light bird on the main pond.  A dakrer individual was also on the main pond and another typical THGU was on the west pond.  I've posted a couple shots of the bird form the west pond here:

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=486

Herring Gull numbers continue to dwindle, with only 2 - 1st winter, 1 - 2nd winter, and 2 adults being seen.  It's an odd thing seeing as there were more than a hundred at this time a year ago.  I would guess there were around 250 Ring-billed Gull today, and probably 1,700 California Gull out on the ice.  Over the dump was a swirling flock of probably the same amount of gulls on the ponds...

Several Canvasback, Ring-necked Ducks, Ruddy Ducks, and Common Goldeneye were also present.

Good Birding

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