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Sep 5, 2022

Vancouver Island's Dave Kemp photos...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

BONAPARTE'S GULL

(Larus philadelphia)

First winter

The Bonaparte's Gull is a two-year gull and  breeds in central and western Canada, including Yukon and Northwest Territories.   It winters on the west and east coasts of the U.S. and on the Great Lakes.   The breeding Bonaparte's has a black head, but in winter shows a white head with a dark smudge behind the eye.


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