Rare gull in Cooktown

["Mike Carter" <>]

There is a juvenile gull new to Australia at the Cooktown wharf now. 
Juvenile gulls can be a nightmare to ID so anyone seeing it get thousands of 
pictures and if possible a feather for DNA analysis. It is a large gull. 
Photos show short legs, not particularly heavy bill and wavy barring on back 
which suggested Thayer's Gull to me. Chris Corben from the US says it does 
not look like a Thayer's to him (head too large) and is sympathetic to the 
nightmares the ID of this bird will cause!
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136

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