Webinar: Gulls Simplified - Part 2: Large Gray & Dark Backed Gulls plus Rarities by Wildside Nature Tours

About This Webinar

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

In this session Kevin will discuss Larger gray-backed and dark-backed gulls. Nine species of gulls (including the newly grouped Thayer’s Gull in the Iceland Gull species) comprise some of the more challenging gulls in North America. We will cover them as individuals, with a few comparisons to similar species.

Kevin will help you understand the complete variation in plumages found throughout the first, second and third years of a few gulls to help you understand the variety of plumages for each species. (Note: More complete comparisons of similar species will be handled in part 3.)

We will move on to rare or unlikely gulls next. Five species of very rare or unlikely to be seen gulls are covered in this brief overview: Ross’s Gull, Ivory Gull, Black-tailed Gull, Kelp Gull and Slaty-backed Gull. We will not go too deep into the ID of these birds, but only give you a brief understanding of their features and plumages by age to help you recognize their differences.

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.