I went to the Reservoir today and I think saw two different kinds of gulls. Laughing and Ring-billed is what I think they are. Some people say our local gulls blew in with hurricane Camile in 1969 and liked it here so they decided to stay. They mostly stay below the spillway catching the fish in the turbulent water. We have had some high water and as the river goes down it leaves pools of water full of shad. The gulls have been eating well the past few days.
# 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
# 5
and # 6
pic 2 Ring-billed
pic 3 Bonaparts Gull
pic 4 Laughing Gull
pic 5 looks like Forsters
pic 6 Laughing Gull
Thank you Donna. I never realized we had that much variety this far inland.
#1 Ring-billed Gulls
#2 Ring-billed Gull, immature
#3 Bonaparte's Gull, adult winter
#4 Laughing Gull, immature
#5 Laughing Gull, adult winter
#6 Laughing Gull, immature
Sorry, not Forster's Tern on #5
Resin
I agree with Resin. :)
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Thank you Donna, Resin,TheGrine and OldNed.
I will throw in my 2 cents and say I agree with Resin too - but I can't give as much detailed info!
#1 & 2 - ring billed
#3 bonapartes
# 4,5,6 - laughing
Your pictures are great!
