Birder's Sorry about the delayed post but I just got home today. On the 26th of Dec. I had an adult Lesser Black Backed Gull in the bay off the Landfill in Orillia. It could be seen from the foot of West St.with about 750 other Gulls.I am not sure of the status of this sp. in this area but if anyone is keeping track i would be happy to forward a couple of poor but diagnostic documenting photos.
On the 27th I spent a couple of hours at the landfill but only came up with one first year Iceland Gull. I was shocked at dramatic increase in the number of Greater Black-backed Gulls since I last birded this area with probably more than 100 scattered around the lakeshore. There were two Trumpeter Swans off the end of Forest Ave. There were 4 small Canada Geese in this spot as well. Initially I thought they were probably Cackling Geese but they were clearly quite a bit larger than the associated Common Mergansers so I concluded they were probably Lesser Canada Geese. kirk Zufelt
