TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Cruising Bonaparte's Gull Bonaparte's Gull- Larus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull- Larus philadelphia, Family Laridae. My apologies for the poor photo! But, it's better than nothing! One of the smallest gulls in North America. This juvenile was frantically fishing (initially looked like a tern to me) in the Shaker Trace Wetland marsh area in the Miami Whitewater Forest area in SW Ohio. This bird was on his way south for the winter. The photo was taken from the observation tower. (Photo: Aug 29, 2004, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4 L IS lens and 2.0X II TC)

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.