Glaucous Gull - adult (center bird in all three images), Rock Canyon Marina, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra Co., NM. Digi-scoped shots using Panasonic Lumix FZ7 and Swarovski HD scope. Birdfinders tour participant Barry Batchelor first drew our attention to this large pale, gull which we quickly established as being an adult Glaucous Gull. Initially discovered bathing on the shore on the north side of the marina, it then moved closer to rest on the 'black tires' with Ring-billed Gulls where we had the best views. The bird was in full view when we left to take a break a 15:30hrs but was nowhere to be seen when we returned an hour later! We didn't hear of any subsequent reports of this bird from Rock Canyon Marina thereafter.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - third-cycle, Rock Canyon Marina, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra Co., NM. Digi-scoped shot using Panasonic Lumix FZ7 and Swarovski HD scope.
Thayer's Gull - adult, Rock Canyon Marina, Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra Co., NM. Poor digi-scoped shots using Panasonic Lumix FZ7 and Swarovski HD scope. An unfortuante miss for our Birdfinders group - I'd just noticed this as a 'bird of interest' as soon as we arrived at the marina. In the same moment, Barry Batchelor called a large, pale gull which turned out to be the adult Glaucous. By the time I came back to the Thayer's candidate, the bird had gone and wasn't seen again despite a very thorough search by our group.
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