[Birdtalk] Hybbird Gull??? Greater White-fronted Goose, etc, Salt Lake County

[Tim Avery]

This morning I led a hardy group of 5 out on a freezing field trip around
Salt Lake County.  We birded Lee Kay Ponds, Lake Park, Decker Lake, and the
Jordan River. The goal was gulls, and for the most part we missed out on
many of the species that had been seen in the past weeks.  We of course had
plenty of California and Ring-billed Gulls at pretty much all our stops.  In
all we might have had 6 or 7 Herring Gulls between Lee Kay and Decker Lake.
Only 2 THAYER'S GULLS (1-1W & 1-2W) at Decker Lake, and one gull that I
figure had to be hyrbid.  It was larger than Herring Gulls nearby and had a
honking big bill.  The iris wasn't yellow, but a light brown and still kind
of pale.  I thought it might have been a Glaucous-winged X Herring Hyrbid,
but couldn't be sure.  There is one shot here:

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=562

Any thoughts on this gull?  At Lake Park where previously reported was a
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=562

Along the Jordan River were 6 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE near 2300 South along with
a few Common Goldeneye.  We also had a BALD EAGLE at both Lee Kay Ponds and
Decker Lake.

Good Birding

Tim
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