jawilder
Active Member
Getting the word out there for those not on Facebook or monitoring eBird alerts:
Roger Sleeper found an adult Black-legged Kittiwake at Upper Lake Mary yesterday. It was present through the whole day, seen widely over the southern third of the lake.
Pics are here:
I believe this is a second record for Coconino County, the first being an injured individual found in a Flagstaff parking lot and turned over to Arizona Game and Fish (1999??). Black-legged Kittiwakes seems to be quite rare in the interior west, for example there are only four records (only three of live birds) from the state of Utah (http://www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/UBRC_SightingsList2.htm#BlackleggedKittiwake). There are about 20 accepted records from Arizona, with the preponderance of these coming from the western part of the state along the Colorado River.
Nice work, Roger!
Jason
Flagstaff, AZ
Roger Sleeper found an adult Black-legged Kittiwake at Upper Lake Mary yesterday. It was present through the whole day, seen widely over the southern third of the lake.
Pics are here:
I believe this is a second record for Coconino County, the first being an injured individual found in a Flagstaff parking lot and turned over to Arizona Game and Fish (1999??). Black-legged Kittiwakes seems to be quite rare in the interior west, for example there are only four records (only three of live birds) from the state of Utah (http://www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/UBRC_SightingsList2.htm#BlackleggedKittiwake). There are about 20 accepted records from Arizona, with the preponderance of these coming from the western part of the state along the Colorado River.
Nice work, Roger!
Jason
Flagstaff, AZ
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