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Barrie Gulls - page 6
8 January 2016 |
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Adult Great
Black-backed Gull at Heritage Park in Barrie, Ontario on 8 January
2016. This was Ron Pittaway and my 14th trip to Barrie to see the
gulls.
An abundance of
Emerald Shiners (minnows) and open water on Lake Simcoe (not frozen)
in Barrie's Heritage Park is creating an unprecedented Gull
Spectacle. Nine species of gulls can be seen easily most days. 8
January 2016. |
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Feeding Frenzy continues at Barrie's
Heritage Park on Lake Simcoe. Hundreds of gulls feed on an abundance
of Emerald Shiners and dive gannet-style into the water. 8 January
2016. The sounds and excitement were a spectacle of nature.
Click to see Video of diving gulls |
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Adult Glaucous Gull.
Re bill colour, Howell and Dunn in Gulls of the Americas,
page 460 "Bill yellowish (often pinkish from fall into mid winter)
with orange-red to red gonydeal spot and often a dark distal spot". |
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The second adult
Glaucous Gull in Barrie on 8 January 2016. |
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Adult Kumlien's Gull
with medium grey wingtips, the same bird as on 3 January 2016 |
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First cycle Kumlien's
Gull. 8 January 2016.
Please click photo above or link to see video |
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A second first cycle
Kumlien's Gull at Heritage Park in Barrie, Ontario on 8 January
2016. |
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Second cycle Thayer's
Gull at Heritage Park in Barrie on 8 January 2016.
Please click on photo above or link to see this gull feeding. |
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Spread wing showing
wing tip pattern of second cycle Thayer's Gull on 8 January 2016 |
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Adult Herring Gull
already losing winter head streaking and orbital ring is
brightening. Barrie on 8 January 2016. |
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Hundreds of gulls
flying to the Heritage park on 8 January 2016. |
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Links to
Barrie Gull Pages |
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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. |
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Barrie Gulls page 2. 9 - 12 December 2015: Little Gull |
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Barrie Gulls page 3. 9 - 12 December 2015: Thayer's, Lesser
Black-backed, Herring, Great Black-backed Gull |
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Barrie Gulls page 4, 12-26 December 2015: Lesser Black-backed,
Herring, Kumlien's and Bonaparte's Gull |
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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. |
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Adult Kumlien's Gull missing lower part of leg. Minet's
Point in Barrie on 26 December 2015 |
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Thayer's Gull, adult in winter plumage at Heritage Park in
Barrie on 17 & 18 Dec 2015 |
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Adult Thayer's Gull in winter plumage in Barrie, Ontario, 28
December 2015 - 4 more photos |
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