Barrie Gulls - page 3

Juvenile Thayer's Gull at Heritage Park in Barrie on 11 December 2015

Gulls on the pier in Barrie watching over the edge for minnows

Video: Young Herring Gulls eating minnows puffin-style

First cycle Northern Herring Gull still mostly in juvenile plumage molting scapulars. Heritage Park in Barrie on 12 December 2015

Juvenile Thayers (left) contrasting with dark Northern Herring Gull, Heritage Park in Barrie on 12 December 2015

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Heritage Park in Barrie on 11 December 2015

Adult Glaucous Gull at Minet's Point in Barrie on 9 December 2015

Adult Great Black-backed Gull with leg band OR5 at Minet's Point, Barrie, on 12 December. "It was banded on May 20, 2011 at Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, Maine. 0R5 was a nesting adult at the time of banding (four+ years of age)."  OR5 is at least 8 years old and returns to Barrie in late fall every year since 2011.

Two adult Great Black-backed Gulls at Minet's Point in Barrie. 12 December 2015.

Video of Great Black-backed Gulls vocalizing and posturing

Links

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.

Barrie Gulls page 2. 9 - 12 December 2015: Little Gull

Barrie Gulls page 4, 12-26 December 2015: Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Kumlien's and Bonaparte's Gull

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.

Barrie Gulls P 6 on 8 January 2016 - a study with links to videos

Adult Kumlien's Gull missing lower part of leg. Minet's Point in Barrie on 26 December 2015

Thayer's Gull, adult in winter plumage at Heritage Park in Barrie on 17 & 18 Dec 2015

Adult Thayer's Gull in winter plumage in Barrie, Ontario, 28 December 2015 - 4 more photos