CAGU albertaensis SSP (individual wth wings up) w/HERG and RBGU
Adult Thayer's SSP w/FRGU and 1st cycle/1st summer HERG
Calling at dusk in marshy area at edge of Lac du Bonnet trout ponds. Bass boosted on audio file stripped from video.
Small part of a steady, bi=directional east/west flight of cormorant flocks.
One of several resting flocks in shallow water just offshore.
Presumed courtship display, the bird with the fish having just landed.
Comparison shot of Forster's Tern (right) and Franklin's Gull (separate observations for each). Different individual from the three in https://inaturalist.ca/observations/214198572, with more extensively dark bill tip.
Comparison shot of Forster's Tern (right) and Franklin's Gull (separate observations for each)
Part of a large concentration, perhaps 2000 plus other gulls.
Part of a large concentration, perhaps 2000 plus other gulls.
Part of a large concentration, perhaps 2000 plus other gulls.