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Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park in Toronto |
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Photo 1. Three Kumlien's Gulls at
Bluffers Park in Toronto on 2 March 2014. The following photos show
some of the range of variation. Bluffers Park is an excellent
location to study the Iceland-Kumlien's-Thayer's cline. It's still a
very wintery scene in the harbour, |
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Photo 2. First cycle
Kumlien's Gull at Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014, The plumage is very
worn. |
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Photo 3. Same first
cycle Kumlien's Gull as in photo 2. Note broken primaries and quite
dark tail band. Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Photo 4. Another first
cycle Kumlien's Gull, also with very worn primaries and scapulars. Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Photo 5. 2nd Cycle
Kumlien's Gull at Bluffer's Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Photo 6. Third cycle Kumlien's
Gull with darkish wing tips at Bluffers Park. |
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Photo 7. A different
third cycle Kumlien's Gull with darkish primaries towards the
Thayer's end of the cline. |
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Photo 8. Another third cycle Kumlien's Gull with
paler grey wingtips. |
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Photo 9. Third cycle Kumlien's/Thayer's Gull with very dark, wingtips? Bluffers Park on 2
March 2014. |
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Photo 10. Same
individual as photo 10, but did not get a photo of the spread wing.
Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Photo 11. Adult Kumlien's Gull with
dark wingtips. The gulls are molting out their winter headstreaking. Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Photo 12. Adult Kumlien's Gull with
medium grey wingtips. Bluffers Park on 2 March 2014. |
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Links to More
Toronto Gulls in 2013-2014 Winter Season |
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Thayer's and Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park on 4 January 2014 |
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Arctic Gulls in Toronto on 28 December 2013 |
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Kumlien's Gulls at Bluffers Park on 18 December 2013 |
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