Below, a single Bonaparte's Gull, basic plumage (one photo shows wing pattern): Bonaparte's often in flocks of hundreds at this time of year, often surface feeding with other gulls, occasionally Little and Black-headed) and waterfowl; also, on the cormorants' rock off of Merwin's Point, a Great Cormorant with white breeding flank patch preens near a pair of Double-crested Cormorants. Greats mostly have left by this date while the DCs are arriving in numbers.
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| Bonaparte's Gull w Ringed-bills Oyster River 4/2/14 |
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| Great Cormorant w 2 DCs, Merwin Point 4/2/14 |
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| Bonaparte's Gull, 4/2/14 Oyster River |
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| Bonaparte's Gull 4/2/14 Oyster River |
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| Bonaparte's Gull 4/2/14 Oyster River |
Iceland Gull (1st year) at Long Beach Stratford, 3/29/14; Red-necked Grebe record shot from Stratford Marina creek on 3/30/14, and courting Red-breasted Mergansers at Milford Point on 3/31/14
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| Iceland Gull, Long Beach Stratford, 3/29/14 |
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| Red-necked Grebe adult breeding plumage, 3/30/14 Stratford Marina |
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| Red-breasted Merganser, 3/31/14 Milford Point, the lady protests |
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