Ontbirders,
I photographed an adult Thayer's Gull in Markham near Toronto today. The 17
October seems early for Thayer's, but there are records for the end of
September in Ottawa. It would be early for Niagara. Thayer's often arrives
in southern Ontario before Kumlien's Iceland Gulls. Bruce Mactavish told us
that he saw his first Kumlien's Gull of the fall in Newfoundland today. It
was a juvenile.
See today's photo of Thayer's http://www3.sympatico.ca/jeaniron/Thayersmark.htm
Also there were a juvenile/first winter, a second winter and an adult
winter Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Directions: Thousands of gulls are on the housing construction sites on
both north and south sides of 16th Avenue between 9th Line and Markham
Bypass in northeast Markham.
Jean Iron
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jeaniron/
9 Lichen Place
Toronto ON M3A 1X3
416-445-9297
