Date: 5/12/25 4:29 pm From: Andrew Carney via groups.io <carney.andrew...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] Pigeon Guillemot @ Fort Point with orange beak.
Thanks Liam, I’m not surprised it keeps coming back, one of my favorite
spots in the city!
On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM liammsf <liammsf...> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
