Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto - Page 1

Second winter Kumlien's Gull at Bluffers Park in Toronto on 1 March 2012

After watching Kumlien's Gulls at Niagara from a distance, it is a treat to have them so close at Bluffers Park you can see every feather. The younger birds, such as this one in second winter plumage, were less wary than the adults. A constant stream of people feeds the Trumpeter Swans, ducks and gulls.

 This Kumlien's Gull has an all-dark bill typical of a first year bird, and several greyish scapulars, which can molt in late in the first year. 1 March 2012.

Adult molting into breeding plumage and losing its winter headstreaking. Despite droopy wing it was flying around fine. 1 March 2012

Another adult molting into breeding plumage. 1 March 2012

A third adult also molting into breeding plumage and losing its winter headstreaking. 1 March 2012.

For more variation in Kumlien's Gulls go to page 2