... Park in Nampa that I chased as a kid. "A gull is not just a gull. Look closer!" he demanded. You know, he sounded ... combination of these characteristics will help you to successfully and rapidly find your gull in a field guide, or a least substantially narrow down the possibilities ... field guide, use my three steps, and identify this mystery gull: Feel free to post a comment when you figure ...

... Gull was in the Stewartby gull roost this evening along with an adult Yellow-legged Gull and a possible adult Caspian Gull - all found by Keith Owen. I thought I'd include the ... photos of birds when they are not about 400 yards away... And for those of you who are even less well versed in the niceties of gull identification - the Caspian Gull - is in the top photo.. :-) Photos by Martin Green

... Jim Dowdell found a 1st-cycle Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), ABA Code-3, flying ... bird showing some interest in the Lobster House. Ivory Gull photograph is courtesy of Tony Leukering. Ivory Gull ... skull-and-crossbones symbol, indicating Ivory Gull is a Species of Conservation Concern.  Mallory et. al, ... titled "Local Ecological Knowledge of Ivory Gull Declines in Arctic Canada." ...

... pics of the wing tips of a adult Thayer's Gull. Noticed how on the dorsal view how much more white and less black there is on ... on the ventral view as well on the dorsal view. Also you may of noticed on the other pics that the gull has a brown iris and that is a good ID mark and also ... a dull yellow bill. The size of a Thayer's Gull to a Herring Gull is slightly smaller vs Herring Gull, a ...

... and much of the mid-Atlantic is buzzing about the bird. As you may recall, I saw my first Ivory Gull in Piermont, NY in 2007. That didn't stop me from going to see ... on the Swainson's Hawk that's been down there for nearly a month. All in all, it was a great day to be out. The gull is still being seen as of today. So if you didn't see one of the Massachusetts birds last year, you get ...

... ) sifting through the waters edge to the exclusion of all else.  The Gulls normally just do gull things.  However, yesterday morning there was a Black Headed Gull ... situation.  Occasionally the Mallards took offence to this and tried to bite the gull.  I know that if someone was trying to muscle in on my breakfast, this would be my response that would be observed. I've ...

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com. Did you know that Daytona Beach is considered “the Gull Mecca of East Central Florida?”  No? Neither did I. But you can come and find out what gull watching is all about during the Beach Gull Watch event which is part of the North American Gull Conference 2010. When: January 26,

... see the Black-headed Gull in Gloucester, MA yesterday and lucked out; it was there. Here are some digiscoped photos. It's mainly found in ... water. Bonaparte's look similar to the Black-headed Gull but are smaller and have dark bills. Black-headed Gulls are ... Bonaparte's, so look closely through any Bonaparte's you see for a larger gull with a longer, slightly down-curved reddish bill.

11th November 2009 - overcast SE2 Offshore An adult winter Mediterranean Gull was amongst a feeding flock of 20 Black-headed Gull and 10 Common Gull. Also seen were 5 Shag and small numbers of Red-breasted Merganser, Kittiwake, Common Scoter, Razorbill and Guillemot. Grounded Migrants Another dawn and another small ...

... of others, yesterday's ringed Lesser Black-backed was "unmasked" as a Baltic Gull! The bird was again present close to dusk, so I wasn't able to obtain better pictures. That doesn ... in this case; the fact that the birds wears a finnish ring says it all. Birding doesn't have to be difficult... The Caspian Gull as well as the adult Yellow-legged Gull were also still there, as was ...