Showing posts with label Gull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gull. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Birds of Winter 2014 - 2015

Long Island Wintering Birds


Fish Crow

Fish Crow

Fish Crow

European Starling

European Starlings fighting of suet

House Sparrow
House Sparrow
Rock Dove
Rock Dove
Rock Dove: Male displaying for the females
Mourning Dove

Blue Jay

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Junco and Black-capped Chickadee

Dark-eyed Junco and Black-capped Chickadee

Song Sparrow and Black-capped Chickadee

Song Sparrow

Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)

Downy Wookpecker (male)

Downy Wookpecker (female)
Downy Wookpecker (female)


Herring Gull (juvenile)

Ring-billed Gull,  Herring Gull, & Ring-billed Gull (juvenile)
Mute Swan &  Horned Greebe (non-breeding plumage)
Horned Grebe (non-breeding plumage)
Northern Cardinal (male)

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-throated Sparrow

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Tagged Ring-billed Gull

Tagged Gull in Moriches Bay
Center Moriches, NY, Long Island
February 20, 2014

Found this Ring-billed Gull with wing tags but they seemed to be awkward for the bird and they were also unreadable on the ground or in flight. I am assuming the Gull has been trying to preen them off. The other larger Gull with the Ring-billed Gull is an immature Herring Gull.

Great Black-backed Gull




Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Water Fowl and Seals

Westhampton Beach, NY
January 9, 2013

Herring Gull

Double-crested Cormorant

Herring Gull

Red-breasted Merganser and Harbor Seal


Red-breasted Merganser


Red-breasted Merganser

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Herring Gull - Watch Out Below!

Herring Gull Dropping Slipper Snails On Rocks To Open Them.
Herring Gull Eating Slipper Snails
Herring Gull


Flock of Sanderling - Southold, New York

Flock of Sanderlings coming in to land among all the Gulls on the shore
Flock of Sanderling (one carrying a snail)
Sanderling and a few Dunlin (darker birds w/longer curved bills)
Sanderlings and a few Dunlin (darker birds w/longer curved bills)
Ring-billed Gull, Sanderling, Dunlin & Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull, Sanderling & Dunlin in Winter Plumage & Herring Gull
Sanderlings and a few Dunlin in  winter plumage
Ring-billed Gull, Sanderlings & Immature Herring Gull 
They left as quickly as they came