Black-tailed Gull?

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Three of my friends and I traveled east hoping to find the Black-tail. This bird was sitting on the far roof not moving for the majority of time that we viewed it. It did lift its wings once briefly, revealing a wide black band on its tail. I expected the bird's mantle to be a much darker shade of gray, so am skeptical. I'm hoping that somebody who has seen this bird can help us out. The pic is a full crop from my friends new 35x optical canon camera, and represents pretty well what we saw through our spotting scopes. Thanks

Edited by -CCR- - 04 March 2012 at 5:26pm

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-CCR- Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Fledgling Joined: 01 March 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 15	Post Options Post Reply Quote -CCR- Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Black-tailed Gull? Posted: 03 March 2012 at 12:09pm
	Three of my friends and I traveled east hoping to find the Black-tail. This bird was sitting on the far roof not moving for the majority of time that we viewed it. It did lift its wings once briefly, revealing a wide black band on its tail. I expected the bird's mantle to be a much darker shade of gray, so am skeptical. I'm hoping that somebody who has seen this bird can help us out. The pic is a full crop from my friends new 35x optical canon camera, and represents pretty well what we saw through our spotting scopes. Thanks Edited by -CCR- - 04 March 2012 at 5:26pm
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Gentle Ben Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Eagle Joined: 15 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 277	Post Options Post Reply Quote Gentle Ben Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 March 2012 at 11:39pm
	Looks like possibly a third year Herring Gull, but you are right the BTGU would have a darker mantle approaching Lesser black backed gull. Not the Black-tailled sorry.
	Ben Warner