Water & shore birds
Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
“On the morning of February 7, the following birds were seen along our coastline between Kettle Cove and the far fringes of Crescent Beach State park – a solitary Northern Mockingbird guarding his Winterberry throne, a Herring Gull pilfering a Common Eiders hard earned meal (a mussel), two diving Horned Grebes…”
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Feb 17, 2021
On the morning of February 7, the following birds were seen along our coastline between Kettle Cove and the far fringes of Crescent Beach State park – a solitary Northern Mockingbird guarding his Winterberry throne, a Herring Gull pilfering a Common Eiders hard earned meal (a mussel), two diving Horned Grebes…
Mar 24, 2021
Additionally, the Ring-billed Gulls are more numerous now than their larger, look alike cousins the Herring Gull.