Santa Maria, CA, USA in March Gull #2 (1 Viewer)

[zoutedrop]

Santa Maria, CA, USA in March

 

[rkj]

Do you have any more photos? A profile with the bill closed would be helpful.

 

[zoutedrop]

only one prior picture

thx Randy

 

[Butty]

That's the same photo, cropped.

 

[zoutedrop]

That's the same photo, cropped.

note the file title, 1504, 1505

I caught the bird opening its mouth

I purposefully cropped the earlier picture (1504) because the request was for any other shots with a focus on the bill shape. I assumed that the crop would help even though the mouth was still open.

 

[Butty]

The point of rkj's request (which wasn't 'for any other shots with a focus on the bill shape') was that an open bill makes it impossible to judge bill-shape properly.

 

[rkj]

I think it is a Glaucus-winged Gull. A better view showing the shape of the bill and head could concievablely change my mind about that, but I think Glaucus-winged is probably correct.

 

[zoutedrop]

The point of rkj's request (which wasn't 'for any other shots with a focus on the bill shape') was that an open bill makes it impossible to judge bill-shape properly.

I did not misunderstand the request.
I understood the shortcoming of the first photo.
I qualified my response by saying it was my only other shot.
I was trying to be responsive and helpful.
Why are you critiquing a conversation between two people and not making a comment of the bird in question, which I think is the purpose of this forum?

 

[Butty]

I did not misunderstand the request.
I understood the shortcoming of the first photo.

Your comments indicated otherwise. If you subsequently wish to restate your view, that's altogether fine.

Why are you critiquing a conversation between two people and not making a comment of the bird in question, which I think is the purpose of this forum?

Everybody is in this forum to learn about ID - it's about far more than simply getting a questioner an answer to their specific problem. You appeared not to understand the point of somebody's comment and to misunderstand their request. I clarified that.

 

[zoutedrop]

I bit the hook and apologize, I should have known better.