Thayer's (now subspecies of Iceland Gull) and Glaucous Gulls

Canadian Universities Alumni with Worldwide Quest

22 August to 4 September 2017

Adult Thayer's Gull at Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, Nunavut on 25 August 2017. It's always a thrill to see this controversial gull on its breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. Coordinates: N 74.668474 W 82.307696. I first saw Thayer's Gulls breeding here in 2005. Please scroll down: http://www.jeaniron.ca/Trips/arctic/arctic3.htm

I thank Laurielle Penny and Justin Peter of Worldwide Quest for choosing me to be on the resource team for this expedition cruise.

Juvenile (left) and adult Thayer's Gull at Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, Nunavut on 25 August 2017. The juvenile hatched this summer.

Video of juvenile and two adults, including vocalizations.

Two juvenile Thayer's Gulls at Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, Nunavut on 25 August 2017. These birds hatched this summer on the cliffs nearby and have fledged from where they hatched. Video of two juvenile Thayer's Gulls with a Glaucous Gull

Juvenile Glaucous Gull (left) and adult at Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, Nunavut, on 25 August 2017. Video of Glaucous Gulls above

Pond Inlet is a hamlet on the northeast coast of Baffin Island. In a bay where small boats come in, about 60 Glaucous Gulls of all ages were attracted by several seal carcasses. 29 August 2017.

Glaucous Gulls at Pond Inlet on northeast Baffin Island, Nunavut, on 29 August 2017.

Well-marked juvenile Glaucous Gull at Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut on 29 August 2017

Second summer Glaucous Gull will be molting into third winter plumage. Note pale eye. at Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut on 29 August 2017

Glaucous Gulls at Pond Inlet on northeast Baffin Island, Nunavut, on 29 August 2017.

Links: Northwest Passage 1, 2017, Northwest Passage 2, 2017