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2020

5 Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto - photos & video

 

2019

Slaty-backed Gull still at Mohawk Lake in Brantford on 5 December 2019 - photos and video

 

Slaty-backed, Lesser Black-backed, Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls at Mohawk Lake on 21 November 2019 - photos & video

 

First winter Little Gull in Barrie on 13 September 2019

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 17 January 2019

 

2018

Winter Gulls in Barrie, Ontario on 24 December 2018

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 15 December 2018

Slaty-backed Gulls and more at Brantford Landfill on 13 December 2018 - video and photos

 

Sabine's Gull at Penticton BC on 8 September 2018 - video and photos

 

Mediterranean Gull at Llanelli Wetland Centre in Wales on 12 July 2018 - photos and video

 

Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 28 March 2018 - photos and video

 

Three first cycle Glaucous Gulls at Bluffers Park on 20 January 2018 - video and photos

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 1 January 2018 - video and photos

 

2017

Thayer's & Glaucous Gulls in the Canadian Arctic on 25 & 29 August 2017 - photos and videos

 

Black-legged Kittiwake at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 13 July 2017

 

Bonaparte's and Ring-billed Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in July in Toronto

 

Mediterranean Gulls photos and video at Llanelli Wetland Centre in Wales on 21 June 2017

 

First summer Black-legged Kittiwake at Bronte Harbour on 7 June 2017

 

Two first summer Little Gulls at Bronte Harbour on 7 June 2017

 

First summer Franklin's Gull in Toronto on Woodbine Beach/Ashbridges Bay 27 May 2017

 

Videos and photos of the Iceland - Kumlien's - Thayer's Gull complex at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto

 

Adult nominate glaucoides Iceland Gull at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 and 16 April 2017

 

Adult Thayer's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 and 16 April 2017

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 15 April 2017

 

Juvenile/first cycle Thayer's Gull at Ashbridge's Bay in Toronto on 6 February 2017

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto - page 1 on 5 February 2017

 

Thayer's Gulls and more Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges' Bay - page 2 in Toronto on 5 February 2017

 

More on Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on 3 February 2017

 

Adult Ring-billed Gull with Pink Flush at Oshawa Harbour on 1 February 2017 - photos and video

 

Kumlien's Gull on Lake Ontario at Oshawa Harbour on 1 February 2017 - photos and video

 

Slaty-backed Gull on the Niagara River - photos and video on 15 January 2017

 

Interesting Kumlien's Gull at Thorold on 11 January 2017

 

Thayer's Gull Wingtips

 

2016

Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls at Ashbridges Bay Toronto on 31 December 2016

 

Great Black-backed Gull banded 0R5 returns to Minet's Point, Barrie. 19 November 2016.

 

Four Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Barrie on 15 October 2016

 

OFO Gull Weekend at Niagara on 3 - 4 December 2016

 

NEW Adult Black-headed Gull feeding two hungry juveniles at Llanelli Wetland Centre in Wales on 5 July 2016. Llanelli has the only Black-headed Gull breeding colony in South Wales.

 

Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 10 and 13 September 2016

 

Variation in Icelandic Herring Gulls at Heimaey in Iceland - 28 June 2016

 
 

March

Thousands of Franklin`s Gulls in Lima, Peru, on 19 and 21 March 2016.

 

February

More about pink Ring-billed Gulls at Oshawa Harbour on 18 February 2016

 

Adult Ring-billed Gull with pinkish plumage flush. Oshawa Harbour on 17 February 2016

 

Two Glaucous Gulls near Toronto on 11 and 17 February 2016

 

Dark-eyed gull near Toronto on 10 February 2016

 

Adult Herring Gull with Thayer's-like wingtip pattern. Near Toronto, Ontario on 5 February 2016

 

Nominate  Iceland Gull (glaucoides) specimen from Ontario

 

January

Second Winter Glaucous Gull at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 31 January 2015

 

Adult Thayers and two Kumlien's Gulls at Oshawa Harbour on 30 January 2016

 

Thayer's Gull adult in winter plumage at Oshawa Harbour, Ontario, 25 January 2016

 

Four Kumlien's Gulls and their eyes at Oshawa Harbour, Ontario, 25 Jan 2016

 

Kumlien's Gull with ice on its legs at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 13 January 2016

 

Barrie Gull Feeding Frenzy and Emerald Shiners on 10 January 2016

 

Presumed Nelson's Gull - Herring x Glaucous Gull hybrid at Tommy Thompson Park on Lake Ontario in Toronto, 10 January 2016

 

Barrie Gulls P 6 on 8 January 2016 - a study with links to videos

 

Barrie Gulls P 5 on 2 and 3 January 2016: Little, Lesser Black-backed, Great Black-backed, Glaucous, Bonaparte's, Herring, Kumlien's, Thayer's and Ring-billed.

 

Three New Years Day Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 1 January 2016

 

American Herring Gulls at Niagara Falls and Newfoundland. 2001. Article by Lars Jonsson and Bruce Mactavish

 

2015

Gull Fans and Black-legged Kittiwake at Niagara Falls, Canada on 30 December 2015

 

Adult Thayer's Gull in winter plumage in Barrie, Ontario on 28 December 2015 - 4 more photos.

 

Two Second cycle  Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park on Lake Ontario in Toronto, ON on 27 December 2015 - close to study plumages

 

Adult Kumlien's Gull missing lower part of leg. Minet's Point in Barrie on 26 December 2015

 

Juvenile and adult Thayer's Gulls in Barrie on 26 December 2015.

 

Barrie Gulls page 4, 12-26 December 2015: Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Kumlien's and Bonaparte's Gull

 

First cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull at Ashbridges Bay Waste Water Treatment Plant in Toronto on Christmas Bird Count 20 December 2015

 

Thayer's Gull, adult in winter plumage at Heritage Park in Barrie on 17 & 18 December 2015

 

Pale Iceland Gull on Lake Ontario shoreline at Bluffers Park in Toronto. 14 Dec 2015

 

Barrie Gulls page 3. 9-12 December 2015: Thayer's, Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Great Black-backed Gull

 

Barrie Gulls page 2. 9-12 December 2015: Little Gull

 

Four new videos of gulls feeding on abundant minnows on Lake Simcoe in Barrie, Ontario

 

Second winter Kumlien's Gull at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 3 December 2015

 

Barrie Gulls page 1. Six species of gulls in Barrie, Ontario on 15 November 2015 - Little, Lesser Black-backed, Great Black-backed, Bonaparte's, Herring and Ring-billed.

 

Juvenile Northern Herring Gull at Ajax Waterfront Park on 11 November 2015

 

Gulls in Peru - six species at Pantanos de Villa - Belchers, Kelp, Franklin's, Gray-hooded, Gray and Andean Gulls.- on 18 October 2015.

 

OFO Gull Weekend at Niagara on 28-29 November 2015

 

Laughing, Sabine's, Little, and More on the OFO Convention weekend at Point Pelee, 1 to 4 October 2015.

 

Thayer's Gulls on the breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic on Victoria Island & Devon Island; Kumlien's Gull on Baffin Island. Please scroll down.

 

Adult Little Gull at North Point on James Bay on 10 August 2015.

 

Very worn and faded Herring Gull in Toronto on 8 June 2015.

 

California Gull in second summer plumage at Tip of Point Pelee on 12 May 2015

 

Toronto's Heermann's Gull 14 November 1999 to 16 September 2000. An enquiry from Nancy Barrett prompted me to post photos and article of this super gull from the pre digital era.

 

More Variation in Iceland and Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto January and February 2015.

 

Adult Thayer's Gull in winter plumage at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 12 January 2015

 

Three Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 3 January 2015

 

Wingtip Pattern Variation in Thayer's, Kumlien's and Iceland Gulls

2014

Galapagos Gulls: Lava Gull and Swallow-tailed Gull during Quest Nature Tours trip to Galapagos 7 to 14 November 2014

 

Franklin's Gulls overwintering in Galapagos. San Cristobal Island on 9 November 2014

 

OFO Gull Workshop at Niagara Falls on Saturday 29 November 2014. Sorry Fully booked.

 

Kumlien's Gulls still at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 17 and 18 April 2014

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 7 April 2014

 

Variation in Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 2 March 2014

 

Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls in Toronto on 4 January 2014

 

2013

Arctic Gulls in Toronto on 28 December 2013

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 18 December 2013

 

Pale-winged Thayer's Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic

 

Interesting Gull with Yellow Legs at Niagara Falls Ontario on 28 November 2013.

 

Variation in Belcher's Gulls at Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, Peru. 31 October and 1 November 2013.

 

Franklin's Gulls and Elegant Terns on the coast of Peru, 31 October and 12 November 2013 with Quest Nature Tours.

 

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Van Wagners Beach in Hamilton on 12 October 2013

 

First winter Little Gull with Bonaparte's Gulls at Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee on 26 September 2013

 

Laughing Gull molting into first winter plumage at Hillman Marsh, near Point Pelee on 28 September 2013

 

Thayer's Gulls in the Canadian Arctic Beechey Island and Baffin Island on 30 and 31 August 2013

 

Arctic Gulls - Glaucous, nominate Iceland Gull, and Great Black-backed Gull in Greenland 25 August to 6 September 2013

 

Gulls at the Tip of Point Pelee from 4 to 18 May Laughing, Little, Glaucous, Lesser Black-backed, and Bonaparte's Gulls

 

More Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 3 February 2013

 

2012

Slaty-backed Gull on island in Niagara River, viewed from Control Gates at Chippawa above Niagara Falls on 30 December 2012.

 

Kumlien's Gull and Thayer's Gull at Ashbridges Bay and Bluffers Park in east Toronto with Declan Troy on 28 December 2012

 

Video of masses of gulls at Niagara Falls in a feeding frenzy on 14 December 2012.

 

Galapagos Gulls: Lava Gulls and Swallow-tailed Gulls, 9 to 15 November 2012 with Quest Nature Tours

 

First year California Gull at the Tip of Point Pelee on 18 May 2012

Two pages of Gulls at Kitchener/Waterloo on 10 and 11 April 2012 - Lesser Black-backed, Glaucous, Kumlien's, Thayer's, Herring

 

More variation in Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 5 March 2012

 

Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 1 March 2012

 

Bonaparte's Gulls, Black-headed Gull, Little Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake at Buffalo, New York on 11 and 31 January 2012

 

2011

Adult Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls, Ontario on 3 December 2011 found by Kevin McLaughlin

 

First winter Black-legged Kittiwake at Whirlpool 3 December found by Kyle Holloway

 

Gull with yellow legs at Point Pelee on 18 May 2011. Five photos.

 

Adult Common Gull Larus canus canus at Cobourg Harbour on 23 March 2011

 

Black-legged Kittiwake at Cobourg Harbour on 14 February 2011

 

Variation in Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park, Toronto, 25, 29, 30 & 31 January 2011. Three pages of 21 individuals.

 

Glaucous Gulls at Cherry Beach and Bluffers Park in Toronto on 25 and 30 January 2011

 

First winter male Harlequin Duck and Gulls at Whitby Harbour on 26 January 2011

 

2010

Leucistic Bonaparte's Gull at the Whirlpool on the Niagara River on 30 December 2010

 

Laughing Gull adult in breeding (definitive alternate) plumage at Point Pelee on 12 May 2010.

 

California Gull in probable third alternate (third breeding) plumage at Wheatley Harbour near Point Pelee on 6 May 2010

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gull in first basic plumage and Glaucous Gull in second basic plumage at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto on 20 February 2010

 

Adult Ivory Gull at Cherry Street in Toronto on 15 February 2010

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls and a Coyote at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto, 15 February 2010.

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 5 and 14 February 2010.

 

Common Gull (Larus canus canus) adult in winter (basic) plumage near Adam Beck, Niagara River, 6 January 2010 Niagara River,

 

Mew Gull adult in winter (basic) plumage on roosting rocks south of Adam Beck, Niagara River, 1 January 2010. Three photos.

 

2009

Thayer's Gull adult in basic plumage at Ashbridges Bay, Toronto, 20 Dec 2009

 

Black-legged Kittiwake in juvenal plumage on the Niagara River just above the Falls on 5 December 2009

 

European Herring Gulls in England and Wales, October & November 2009

 

Some Welsh Gulls at Porthcawl, Wales on 31 October and 1 November 2009 - Mediterranean, Black-headed, Common Gulls

 

California Gull in third basic (winter) plumage about 400 metres south of Sir Adam Beck lookout on the Canadian side of the Niagara River. 21 November 2009

 

Mediterranean Gulls at Porthcawl, Wales on 31 October and 1 November 2009

 

Some Japanese gulls page 1 and page 2 at Osaka, Japan, on 26 September 2009

 

Black-legged Kittiwake photo 1  and photo 2 in juvenal plumage, Van Wagners Beach, 7 September 2009

 

2008

Some Scandinavian Gulls in Oslo and Stockholm on 19 and 20 July 2008

 

Scandinavian Gulls - Common Gulls page 2

 

Scandinavian Gulls - Black-headed Gulls page 3

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gull in third basic plumage at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 23 February 2008

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls at Bluffers Park in  Toronto on 18 February 2008.

 

Newfoundland 17 to 23 January 2008. Five pages of gulls and special birds in and near St. John's

 

Second or third basic Nelson's Gull (Herring x Glaucous Gull hybrid) left, first basic Kumlien's Iceland Gull right, at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on 4 January 2008.

 

2007

Laughing Gull at Cobourg Harbour on 6 March 2007

 

Glaucous Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gull at Frenchman's Bay in Pickering, 4 March 2007

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls showing variation in Toronto on 19 and 20 February 2007

 

Newfoundland Gulls 12 to 17 January 2007

 

2006

Lesser Black-backed Gull in first basic plumage at Niagara Falls on 31 December 2006

 

Slaty-backed Gull at Niagara Falls on 2 December 2006, found by Cayuga Bird Club

 

Pale-winged Thayer's Gulls in the Canadian Arctic on 22 August 2006

 

Thayer's Gulls in Nunavut, Canada, on 17 August 2006

 

Laughing Gull in second alternate plumage at the tip of Point Pelee on 17 May 2006

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gulls in the Toronto area in January 2006

 

2005

Glaucous Gull 1  in second basic plumage on the Leslie Street Spit on 18 December 2005.

 

Bonaparte's Gull in advanced definitive alternate plumage at Fort Erie, Ontario, on 10 December 2005.

 

Interesting Gull in Markham, Ontario, on 21 November 2005.

 

Thayer's Gull juvenile in Markham, Ontario, on 7 November 2005.

 

Franklin's Gull in Barrie on 3 November 2005.

 

Little Gulls in Barrie on 2 and 3 November 2005.

 

Kumlien's-Thayer's Gulls indicating the cline in Markham on 30 October 2005.

 

Little Gulls in definitive basic plumage at Stayner, Ontario, on 14 October 2005.

 

Kumlien's Iceland Gull in Markham on 10 October 2005.

 

Lesser Black-backed Gulls in Markham on 4, 6 and 24 October 2005.

 

Nominate Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull in Greenland and Thayer's Gull from Devon Island, Nunavut, 13 to 23 August 2005

 

Ivory Gull, Northern Fulmar and Black-legged Kittiwake in Baffin Bay and Devon Island, Nunavut, 17-21 August 2005.

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull in Markham on 3 July 2005.

 

Markham gulls on 13 April 2005.

 

2004

Another Thayer's Gull in Markham on 14 November 2004, same as the bird above showing the underwing.

 

Thayer's Gull in Markham, Ontario on 17 October 2004

 

Yellow-legged Gull at Llanelli in Wales

 

More Gulls in Toronto 2004

 

Newfoundland Photos of our January 2004 trip to St. John's to study gulls and winter birds.

 

2003

Niagara River 12 photos of gulls and a Peregrine Falcon

 

Iceland Gull Wingtip Variation in Toronto 2003

 

California Gull on the Toronto Waterfront on 1 January 2003 - my first digiscoped photos

 

Adult Black-headed Gulls in winter (definitive basic) plumage at Porthcawl, Wales on 1 November 2009