Nice job Martyn!
They certainly sound like they are laughing...
Jeff Daub
Martyn Stewart wrote:
> I have been extremely busy of recent weeks but now I thought I may share
> this recording with you all. For those who are interested in the laughing
> gull sighting/sightings on the Olympic peninsula, I have a recording I did
> on Sunday morning of last week.
>
> There were about 4/5 gulls on the pier at Port Townsend mixed with
> Glaucous-winged at around 4:45am, the day was just breaking when I saw them,
> not unlike the description that posted on the Sunday
> night. I was totally convinced they were laughing gulls when they started to
> vocalize. Here is a snip of this recording. Apparently, there have only been
> 3 reported sightings of these gulls in Washington, so you could say I am
> highly privileged!
>
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> http://www.naturesound.org/Sound%20Files/Laughing%20Gulls.mp3
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> <Description
>
> The wings were dark gray right down to the extensive black tips with no
> white at all between the black tip and the dark gray of the wing. Other
> things noted were no white noted at all on the folded primaries, the black
> of the hood was pretty much straight across on the nape instead of being
> hiked up in back like the Franklin's. The eye crescents were much thinner
> that the Franklin's should have been. Then they started to call, I was
> recording (I record bird sounds)and got a clear recording unmistakingly of
> laughing gulls. I have the sounds for your information.>
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>
> I used description of the bird when I reported this to
> the <http://www.wos.org/JoinWOS.htm> Washington Ornithological Society
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> Regards
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>
> Martyn
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> Martyn Stewart
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