help id birds in USA (1 Viewer)

baycountybirder

Well-known member

• Jul 19, 2011

• #1

Hello everyone,
Once again, I need your help for correctly iding these birds. They were seen along the Bay and Gulf Coast in the Florida panhandle area of Bay County on 26 Mar 2011. I think one is a gull-billed tern and the other pictures are that of a herring gull?
Thank you for your responses,
Baycountybirder

 

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Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Jul 19, 2011

• #2

The tern is not a gull billed, but I'll pass on going further than that without a field guide (I'm leaning roseate).

the gulls are herring and herring + laughing.

 

jmorlan

Hmmm. That's funny

Opus Editor

• Jul 19, 2011

• #3

1. Common Tern (I think)
2. Herring Gull
3. Herring Gull and Laughing Gulls

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Jul 19, 2011

• #4

jmorlan said:

1. Common Tern (I think)

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Yeah, that was the other option

 

baycountybirder

Well-known member

• Jul 20, 2011

• #5

Alright, common tern and herring gull.
Thanks, Jeff and Joseph, for your help.