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Cook Inlet (Glaucous-winged X American Herring) Gull In Sault Sainte Marie, Algoma District

KZ
Kirk Zufelt
Mon, Oct 10, 2022 3:12 PM

Folks-  Observed a 1st cycle gull at the Sault Landfill (restricted access) on Oct 8th, that I believe is a Glaucous-winged X American Herring Gull hybrid or Cook Inlet Gull. Interesting bird for those with an inclination towards this type of thing which I know is not all. I could find a previous record for Waterloo back in 2017-otherwise I am not sure on the status of this taxa in Ontario. I am not too surprised as we have records of the other Pacific NW and Siberian gull taxa (other than Olympic Gull) at this site and I have been expecting it to show up at some point.

I won’t go into the complicated ID process involved in my identification but one can refer to the notes and pictures on the following E-bird checklist

https://ebird.org/checklist/S120386583 https://ebird.org/checklist/S120386583

Also posted some pictures and comments on the Advanced Ontario Birding and North American Gull Facebook pages if interesting in commenting.

Kirk Zufelt

Folks- Observed a 1st cycle gull at the Sault Landfill (restricted access) on Oct 8th, that I believe is a Glaucous-winged X American Herring Gull hybrid or Cook Inlet Gull. Interesting bird for those with an inclination towards this type of thing which I know is not all. I could find a previous record for Waterloo back in 2017-otherwise I am not sure on the status of this taxa in Ontario. I am not too surprised as we have records of the other Pacific NW and Siberian gull taxa (other than Olympic Gull) at this site and I have been expecting it to show up at some point. I won’t go into the complicated ID process involved in my identification but one can refer to the notes and pictures on the following E-bird checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S120386583 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S120386583> Also posted some pictures and comments on the Advanced Ontario Birding and North American Gull Facebook pages if interesting in commenting. Kirk Zufelt