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Iceland Gull at Bluffers Park in Toronto |
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Ron Pittaway and I saw
this Iceland Gull with very white wingtips at Bluffers Park in
Toronto on 14 December 2015. |
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Video:
Iceland Gull feeding along Lake Ontario shoreline at Bluffers Park |
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On closer inspection it shows narrow
grey streaks on the outer webs of the outer primaries. It's a very
pale bird, close to the nominate glaucoides of Greenland.
Birds we see in southern Ontario reflect the cline seen on the
breeding grounds. |
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Spread wing shows the
narrow grey streaks. |
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For more information on
Iceland, Kumlien's and Thayer's Gulls, please see
Taxonimic History of Thayer's Gull |
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