Wintering Glaucous Gulls
January 12th, 2009
Adult (second from left) and juvenile (the angelic-looking bird in flight) Glaucous Gulls, roosting with Great Black-Backed Gulls on the Rideau River. On the far left is a lone Herring Gull.
The composition of gull species in Ottawa changes almost entirely in winter. Ring-Billed Gulls (the guys you see in parking lots) leave and Herring Gulls dwindle, while Great Black-Backeds (the largest gulls in the world) move in by the hundreds, along with small numbers of more unusual species. Glaucous Gulls breed in the arctic and are a rare pleasure for Ottawa birders!
January 12th, 2009
Adult (second from left) and juvenile (the angelic-looking bird in flight) Glaucous Gulls, roosting with Great Black-Backed Gulls on the Rideau River. On the far left is a lone Herring Gull.
The composition of gull species in Ottawa changes almost entirely in winter. Ring-Billed Gulls (the guys you see in parking lots) leave and Herring Gulls dwindle, while Great Black-Backeds (the largest gulls in the world) move in by the hundreds, along with small numbers of more unusual species. Glaucous Gulls breed in the arctic and are a rare pleasure for Ottawa birders!
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