Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) (1)
- Reported Feb 16, 2024 08:42 by Richard Fleming
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S161663052
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Rare but regular in small numbers along the eastern seaboard in winter. On terminal jetty w/ Ring-bills. First spotted while head-tucked more or less in aspect of photo #2, when most easily located by blood-red legs. In winter, in the absence of Laughing Gulls, this dark coral red leg color is probably unique among gulls likely to be seen in our area; the most similar but much smaller species, Bonaparte's Gull, typically shows pale pink legs. Leg color is one of the easier ways to spot this gull in large groups of standing, resting gulls. Once this bird lifted its head the dull dark red bill was visible."
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- Reported Feb 16, 2024 08:42 by Richard Fleming
- Bush Terminal Piers Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6541609,-74.0204451&ll=40.6541609,-74.0204451
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S161663052
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Rare but regular in small numbers along the eastern seaboard in winter. On terminal jetty w/ Ring-bills. First spotted while head-tucked more or less in aspect of photo #2, when most easily located by blood-red legs. In winter, in the absence of Laughing Gulls, this dark coral red leg color is probably unique among gulls likely to be seen in our area; the most similar but much smaller species, Bonaparte's Gull, typically shows pale pink legs. Leg color is one of the easier ways to spot this gull in large groups of standing, resting gulls. Once this bird lifted its head the dull dark red bill was visible."
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