Date: 5/12/25 3:50 pm From: Liam Murphy via groups.io <liammsf...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] Pigeon Guillemot @ Fort Point with orange beak.
Hi Andrew,
I'm not sure how common this "mutation" (presumably) is across the species
as a whole, but this particular individual seems to return to that general
area. I saw it there last year and there may have been a report of it from
the year before as well.
Nice documentation!
Cheers,
Liam Murphy
On Mon, May 12, 2025, 3:44 PM Andrew Carney via groups.io <carney.andrew=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> **Relatively new birder **I counted 9 Pigeon Guillemots in the water at
> Fort Point with 2 nests in the East Facing wall of the building. One of the
> birds had an orange beak while the rest were black. I looked at my Sibley
> and National Geographic field guides, but none of them mention an orange
> beak. Is this common to see?
> Andrew Carney
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