Webinar: Gulls Simplified Part 3: Difficult Gull ID with deep comparisons of similar species by Wildside Nature Tours

About This Webinar

To register for the full Shorebird ID Workshop, please visit:
https://www.bigmarker.com/series/49-gulls-simplified-with-kev/series_details

The most difficult gull identifications are covered in this section, with many comparison photos illustrating the important separating features of plumage details are important in separating these hard to ID gulls. Sometimes subtle plumage details required to separate some very similar species, and these will carefully be explained and illustrated in photos and discussion.

Species covered here include: Herring, California, and immature Lesser Black-backed Gulls; Greater and Lesser Black-backed Gulls; Glaucous, Glaucous-winged and Iceland Gulls (including Thayer’s Gull); Western and Yellow-footed Gulls; Laughing, Franklin’s and Black-headed Gulls.

Presenter

Kevin Karlson

Field Guide Author and Photographer

Kevin Karlson is an accomplished birder, author, professional tour leader and wildlife photographer/instructor. He is a regular at Bird and Nature festivals in North America, where he gives keynote presentations, workshops on bird identification, and photo instruction.

Kevin’s books include The Shorebird Guide (2007); Birding by Impression: A Different Approach to Bird Identification (2015); Birds of Prey (2017) (all three Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers); and Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Identification Approach (Princeton University Press, 2018). Photography books include The Birds of Cape May and Visions: Earth’s Elements in Bird and Nature Photography (Schiffer Publishing).

Kevin also produced six photographic laminated foldout ID guides for Quick Reference Publishing (Raptors of Eastern and Western North America (2012); Waterfowl of North America (2013); Warblers of North America (2016); Shorebirds of North America (2014); and Owls and Nightjars of North America (2017).

While officially retired, Kevin continues to lead select tours and photo workshops for his company Jaeger Tours, and for Wildside Nature Tours.