IORC Record 1986-075

Form: Short-billed Gull
County: Clinton
Location: Carlyle Lake
Date(s): 12-16 February and 1-8 March 1986
Number of birds: one
Remarks: Adult. Originally accepted as pertaining to Larus canus brachyrhynchus and hence after split of Mew Gull (Larus canus) into Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) and Common Gull (Larus canus) assigned to Short-billed Gull.

Additional material:

  1. Correspondance from Peter J. Grant evaluating the record

Documentation submitted:

  1. Documentation #1 by Ronald E. Goetz
  2. Documentaton #2 by H. David Bohlen
  3. Documentation #3 by Dennis W. Jones

Photographs submitted: one by Denny Jones, two by James Landing, one by David B. Johnson

Photo #1 by Dennis W. Jones on 16 February 1986 (reduced size image; click on photo to access full resolution version; original photograph and also tif scan of original are available in the IORC archives)

 

Photo #2 by James Landing on 15 February 1986 (reduced size image; click on photo to access full resolution version; original photograph and also tif scan of original are available in the IORC archives)

 

Photo #3 by James Landing on 15 February 1986 (reduced size image; click on photo to access full resolution version; original photograph and also tif scan of original are available in the IORC archives)

 

Photo #4 by David B. Johnson on 16 February 1986 (scanned image from Illinois Birds and Birding, vol. 2, no. 3, p. 76)

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