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Patrick J. Blake > Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin Second-year (2cy) juvenile Larus marinus Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 12 November 2009
Patrick J. Blake > American Herring Gull / Goéland argenté Third-year (3cy) adult Larus smithsonianus Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 9 November 2009
Patrick J. Blake > American Herring Gull / Goéland argenté Third-year (3cy) adult Larus smithsonianus Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 9 November 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé Adult in breeding plumage Larus delawarensis Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 5 April 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Ring-billed Gull / Goéland à bec cerclé Adult in breeding plumage Larus delawarensis Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 5 April 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique First-year (1cy) juvenile Larus glaucoides Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario 14 March 2009 A lone juvenile Iceland gull rests among a roost of mallards on the Rideau River.  Note the dark beak - this field marker helps to discriminate Iceland juveniles from the similar (but larger) glaucous gull.  If size comparison is not available, this trick is a helpful way to ID a gull in the field.
Patrick J. Blake > Iceland Gull / Goéland arctique First-year (1cy) juvenile Larus glaucoides Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario 14 March 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Glaucous Gull / Goéland bourgmestre Second-year (2cy) juvenile Larus hyperboreus Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario 14 March 2009 I really like this photo because it gives plenty of different gull species for size comparisons.  The juvenile glaucous is just a little smaller than the great black-backed gull, but towers over the ring-billed gulls nearby.
Patrick J. Blake > Laughing Gull / Goéland atricille Adult in breeding plumage Leucophaeus atricilla Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 27 February 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun Larus fuscus Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 27 February 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Lesser Black-backed Gull / Goéland brun Larus fuscus Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 27 February 2009 This bird was a lucky find for South Carolina.  Lesser black-backed gulls are Europe's verson of our great black-backed gull.  The two gulls are superficially similar in appearance, but lesser black-backs are smaller (approximately comparable to a ring-billed gull), have brown streaking on the head, a lighter grey mantle (back), and the most obvious trait, yellow legs. Lesser black-backs have become more frequent visitors to the eastern seaboard in recent years.  However, most lists I looked at before my trip listed lesser black-backs as exceptional or accidental in the Myrtle Beach area.  Nonetheless, I located two lesser black-backs mingling with large roosts of ring-billed, laughing, and American herring gulls on this night; six days later I would discover a total of twelve individual birds on the same stretch of beach.
Patrick J. Blake > Laughing Gull / Goéland atricille Adults in breeding plumage Leucophaeus atricilla Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 27 February 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte Adult in non-breeding plumage Chroicocephalus philadelphia Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 28 February 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Bonaparte's Gull / Mouette de Bonaparte Adult in non-breeding plumage Chroicocephalus philadelphia Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 28 February 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Forster's Tern / Sterne de Forster Adult in non-breeding plumage Sterna forsteri Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 28 February 2009 I don't get the chance to observe terns very often in Ottawa, so I kept my eyes peeled for them on the beaches of South Carolina.  On an overcast, dreary day, Melanie and I came across a flock of four Forster's terns taking a break from hunting for fish.  This bird became my 250th species.
Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin
Second-year (2cy) juvenile
Larus marinus
Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario
12 November 2009
Patrick J. Blake > Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin Second-year (2cy) juvenile Larus marinus Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario 12 November 2009
Great Black-backed Gull / Goéland marin
Second-year (2cy) juvenile
Larus marinus
Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario
12 November 2009
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Keywords: gull bird great blackbacked gull blackbacked gull
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