Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) (1)
- Reported Jul 31, 2025 16:20 by KZ F
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S264074577
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "*unexpected at this date 🔴 especially on the river, but good conditions for random knock-downs on the river with a fast-moving low pressure system dumping a ton of rain during a short period. Around 4:30 visibility began to improve, and small flocks of laughing gulls and common terns began to appear out over the water; one feeding flock off the water treatment plant that was slightly obscured from my position rather briefly contained this bird. Small tern-like gull with delicate, pincerlike vertical wingbeats, a partial dark hood, and bold white flashes on I the upper- outer- "wrist" of the wing. Primary unders fully white unlike rarer (and less ternlike) black-headed gull. Vanished after a minute or so. Distant digiscope photos"
-- - Reported Jul 31, 2025 16:20 by KZ F
- Veterans Memorial Pier, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6391393,-74.0369531&ll=40.6391393,-74.0369531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S264074577
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "*unexpected at this date 🔴 especially on the river, but good conditions for random knock-downs on the river with a fast-moving low pressure system dumping a ton of rain during a short period. Around 4:30 visibility began to improve, and small flocks of laughing gulls and common terns began to appear out over the water; one feeding flock off the water treatment plant that was slightly obscured from my position rather briefly contained this bird. Small tern-like gull with delicate, pincerlike vertical wingbeats, a partial dark hood, and bold white flashes on I the upper- outer- "wrist" of the wing. Primary unders fully white unlike rarer (and less ternlike) black-headed gull. Vanished after a minute or so. Distant digiscope photos"
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